*hates LJ eating my messages*flametwirlerAugust 15 2011, 07:19:18 UTC
Wow, sweaty palms, eh? I'm not sure if that's supposed to be a good thing to induce in others, but I'm just going to pretend it is unless I hear otherwise ;P
I'm sorry to hear you had a similar situation. No matter the relationship or the drug it's always hard to watch someone you care for go down that path and rip their life to shreds. And while it must've been terrifying for your sister to be kidnapped I'm glad in the end it was what she needed to get her out of that life. It must be great to have her back and three years clean is something to celebrate indeed!
My sister is something of an interesting case. She was a heroin junkie for five years and I lost count of the times she overdoses, attempted suicide (I have literally wrestled razors away from her too), among many other things. We tried to get her to clean up, but as I'm sure you're aware, unless they want to they won't, and she'd just never hit 'rock bottom' and had her own motivation. Then she got pregnant. That baby saved her life. She cleaned up and was doing fantastic. Now, though, she's completely unstable again, drinks constantly, and we've found plenty of signs she's using again. If her kid isn't enough motivation to live what is? (Her whole thing is that she's lonely, like she expects that finding a husband will fix her entire life and that nothing will ever be bad again - because even if you are soul mates you never argue or hurt each other or anything, of course.)
It's just hard when you know all you can do is watch and give support when she'll let us. Le sigh.
I'm sorry to hear you had a similar situation. No matter the relationship or the drug it's always hard to watch someone you care for go down that path and rip their life to shreds. And while it must've been terrifying for your sister to be kidnapped I'm glad in the end it was what she needed to get her out of that life. It must be great to have her back and three years clean is something to celebrate indeed!
My sister is something of an interesting case. She was a heroin junkie for five years and I lost count of the times she overdoses, attempted suicide (I have literally wrestled razors away from her too), among many other things. We tried to get her to clean up, but as I'm sure you're aware, unless they want to they won't, and she'd just never hit 'rock bottom' and had her own motivation. Then she got pregnant. That baby saved her life. She cleaned up and was doing fantastic. Now, though, she's completely unstable again, drinks constantly, and we've found plenty of signs she's using again. If her kid isn't enough motivation to live what is? (Her whole thing is that she's lonely, like she expects that finding a husband will fix her entire life and that nothing will ever be bad again - because even if you are soul mates you never argue or hurt each other or anything, of course.)
It's just hard when you know all you can do is watch and give support when she'll let us. Le sigh.
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