Question by Taylor S: I am 14 and need to ask a question about meth users?
Hi, I’m 14 and am worried my dad is using meth again. Recently my dad has been acting differently. My dad will be very irritable at times and get very violent. He hardly EVER sleeps to my knowledge, and when he does it’s for long amounts of time like 24 hours!ITS CRAZY!and most of all my dad doesn’t exercise EVER and doesn’t eat healthy food AT ALL but has lost A LOT of weight.I mean A LOT.maybe like 30 lbs. in the last 2 months.and my dad looks sickly!he’s very pail and has crazy bulging red eyes now! and when he gets irritated over things he get’s this look in his eyes that i cam’t explain!its just not him! i found out from my mom he used to have a problem with drugs when i was a baby and went to jail for drug dealing for 2 years.Please help
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meth does make you loose weight reaaly quickly and it makes you irritable. i saw a show
about meth on oprah
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It certainly sounds like he is using meth. Your mother needs to put him out. Otherwise she is enabling him to continue using. This is a very sad situation. I hope he comes to his senses and gets help. He will have to hit bottom before he does anything to stop.
Meth is a tough one to break. I quit 17 years ago and would do a line right now if offered. It does sound like he’s using again. I don’t have a magic wand of an answer for you, I wish I did. Be careful, he isn’t himself and isn’t in control any more. Talk to your Mom, if she can’t get him to quit, it may be time for the two of you to bail until he gets it together. He has to decide which is more important, crystal or you two. For what it’s worth, my prayers are with you.
look i dont have a big answer but i no just talk to him try to get him to stop tell him the beifets of not bein on drugs get him to go to a class mybe that well turn him around.
ive been there, my parents had pretty hard lives and became alcoholics, i know its not exactly the same but once a person is addicted to any substance the situations run parallel. unfortunatly there isnt much you can do, at your age if you went for outside help there is the possibility that you can be taken to a childrens home and away from your parents, what i would do in your case is tell him that you love him and dont like to see him that way and if that doesnt work try to find a relative that you can stay with and try not to go back until hes clean, i wish there was an easy solution but when people get caught up in drugs they tend to have to learn for themselves that what they are doing is wrong and have to realy want to change. if he becomes abusive though you should definatly call the police because you could really get hurt
hunny I’m sorry but he has all the signs. Move in with your mom and quick. He could hurt you. Not that he would want to hurt you but it’s not him anymore. Have your mom help you get him into rehab. Your to young to do it without calling the police on him. If it is real bad you might have to. remember he might get into trouble but thats temporary. You will be saving his life. Who cares if he’s mad now if you tell. He’s your dad and you have to take the parent roll here. That means doing something you don’t want to do for your fathers sake. If you let it go he will die. I had a friend on meth and she’s dead because no one did anything, she was 16. meth usere can hide this very well for a long time while they are using the drug. get him help anyway you can. You have to help him…!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Talking to him telling him to stop wont do no good remember it’s an adiction and can’t be turned off like a light switch