Disenchanted

[flametwirler]

I just found out my sister has been stealing my meds. Again.

I opened a brand new bottle of pain pills I just brought home from the pharmacy and, surprise surprise, it was short. Somehow I doubt it was the pharmacy's fault.

Ugh. I just vent here in lieu of not being able to confront her until tomorrow. And who wants to bet she blames me for the

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[minni]

That sucks. :( I set up medications for people who are addicts (usually to pain pills, but there is someone who somehow managed to get hooked on the medication she uses for her restless leg syndrome) and it's frustrating as hell to work with them. I know that's nothing compared to having someone who is your own family member taking advantage of your own needs.

And while I have had past problems with the pharmacy accidentally shorting my clients on some of their medications (or giving more than what they're supposed to), I don't think it's very likely with a scheduled narcotic, because it's so tightly regulated by the feds.

Best of luck with the confrontation.

[flametwirler]

Well she used to be a heroin addict, so frankly this is the lesser of evils, I just worry that she turns to chemicals to help her through anything stressful. Now that she's gone straight it's mostly just alcohol and cigarettes, but that's just not exactly a healthy habit to have.

[anonymous]

Feel free to vent whenever you feel like it, and I hope your confrontation went well.

(And... it's really a stupid idea, but I hope I can cheer you up just a little bit by saying that I enjoyed your latest chapter of SP very much.
You write some very decent fanfiction, your chapters are always worth the wait.)

[kokoronagomu]

*hugs* having a close relative who's an addict living with you is really tough. *shakes head* her reaction is typical --you don't need this.

[flametwirler]

The hardest part is knowing how gullible I am (I am a huge cynic in general but very trusting of the individual one-on-one, regardless of past transgressions) and how manipulative she is. So she denied it, going so far as to start crying, but it's hard to tell. I think I believe her, but she's played me so many times in the past when she was on heroin, and she has stolen meds from me before, so basically I just need to shrug it off and be careful in the future. It's just always...interesting living with someone like this.

[kokoronagomu]

is she in a twelve step program (although if she was she wouldn't be substituting one mood altering addicting chemical for another) or are you (and the rest of your family) in a naranon program? it's a support group to help you with the right responses and the best way to handle your particular situation --the support of people who are dealing with similar situations can be helpful.

i truly hope things improve for you and yours. *hugs*

[eldrfire]

Gah sorry to hear about this, this must be incredibly rough. :(

I hope your confrontation with her about it goes okay.

*hugs*

[flametwirler]

Gah, it is kinda rough and the confrontation was, erm, interesting, but it's still better than things used to be, so while frustrating I have to remember that things could be (and were) worse. *shrugs*

Thanks for the hugs though ^_^