Is there any recovered meth addicts on this site?

princess, you can post anything anywhere we all our willing to help :)
im sorry to say this but , you cant help the unwilling. if there not ready . .there not ready. your friend has to hit hers/his bottom. it sometimes takes a few tries to get it. there are CMA meetins al over everywhere(crystal meth anonymous) i suggest asking her if she wants to go. There really cool and interesting. everybodys hyper and chatty and all there for sobriety. iv been to plenty myself. your friend will never be recovered. . .his/her medicine for this disease is meetings,sponser,12steps,service work, homegroup, recovery and sobriety have saved my life, plant that seed into her :) and let us know how your doing later!

Serenityx143, thanks so much for your post and sharing alittle bit about you and what you have been through and what you have been through. I forgot to mention in the last post is that she has 2 kids and that one of her kids is my godson, and I haven't seen him in 2 yrs, and for me that makes this all the more painful for me. I have no idea where they are I have no contact with her at all. Last like 6 yrs she has been in and out of my life and I just can't have her coming in and out of my life anymore mentally I just can't do that anymore, it's more painful letting her do that, and I just can't put myself through anymore pain then I am already in, so it is so hard for me to say this but it's best to have her out of my life, for awhile until she is ready and wanting and willing to get lots of professional help it's going to stay that way. Also its so hard to love someone and care about them so much but know that there is nothing I can do to help her. Again thanks for your post and sharing.

Hmm, *raise hand* may not have been meth, but I do know how subsatnce abuse is cause it was mixed with anorixea. I refused help and didn't say what harm I was doing, but ya can help your friend by being by them. And slowly they'll progress out of the habit, Diet pills, vitamin c, and a few other things don't do well, or leave good results in the end. But just support them to get better and use tough love if needed, my friend used fear on me, and I got shocked out of it.

I feel you...there is nothing you can do but guide them to Crystal Meth Anonymous if they want to go. If not then you can help yourself and in turn them by going to Al-anon which people think is just for people dealing with Alcoholics but it worked in helping me deal with the Meth addicts in my life. When you read the literature just put in the place of Alcohol put Meth and at the meetings the same thing. You will find a 12 step program that will help you deal and you will find love, support, and lots of sharing. Try it out.

When my best friend since we were in preschool started using meth around 16, It scared the shit out of me. excuse the language but its true. And unfortunatley like sumerlakis1 said there really is nothing you can do but try to point them in the direction of help. She started using heroine and her parents found out and she went to treatment. While she was in treatment she would call me and tell me basically shes just there for the ride and is just going back to the same habits just with more connections now. You cant get help if you dont want help and she didnt. toward the end of her treatment something horrible happened. She knew her brother was sick in the hospital from catching pnemonia because of his Cystic Fibrosis. He died from pnemonia and no one told her until afterwards. She never got to say goodbye. That literally killed a part of her and her brother took it to heaven with him. The other part of her still here was shocked into the reality of how fragile life is. Thats what i think anyway. By the grace of god she stopped smoking meth. She is now a very religous person who is married with a toddler and another on the way. Shes not perfect of course, because of the amount of drugs shes done shes not all there which is really sad, but she overcame meth and i am so proud of her. I hope your friend can do the same. It sounds like yall are close and i understand that feeling of being close to a meth addict and not knowing what to do. I hope my story helps.

thank you your story touched me. Anyone that wants help can go here
http://www.na.org/
They have online meetings also for them and to help those who are family members of them there is Al-anon
And it's not just for friends and families of alcoholics it's for everyone
http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/

I also was addcited. To many more than just meth, however i found that it was the hardest out of the lot to give up. When i first woke up, i craved it. I couldnt sleep at night unless i had it, which kept me awake anyway. I ruined alot of functions in my body, i did alot of physical and emotional damage to my surroundings without even noticing. Although it was the best feeling when i was able to escape all these feelings inside, it was also the worst time period of my life. I am now seventeen and i still am being watched like a hawk because i got so severe that i almost died, willingly.
I am only seventeen and the things i could tell you that ive experienced as a result of BPD, Bipolar and the Drugs and alcohol, is horrific. The life i lead was one of absolute self distruction. I am one of the lucky ones who have an amazing family whove always been there, and i honestly would not be here today if i didnt.
The fact that she has you who cares this much about you is a very good thing. I dont know how long shes been doing this, but people get to a stage where they see nothing positive about anything without it, eventually not even with it. She needs help, before its too late. The worst thing in the world is watching your friend go down that road. I had to, and they didnt make it back. That should have made me wake up and realise what i was doing was leading me down the same path, however instead i got worse. In the end all of my pyschiatrists told me that i couldnt have down anything for her, it is her own choise. Not to blame myself. Easier said than done. But now i realise everyone makes there own decisions. If she is a strong person, she will get out of this. It will have to be her own decision, otherwise she will just end up going back to it. But theres nothing wrong with a little encouragement. Stick close by, but remember you live for yourself. Its its effecting you and your health, its not worth it. Harsh but reality.

I hear you all I was addicted to Meth and yes I had a girlfriend that loved me but I couldn't stop even for her I stopped when I wanted to truly change. I have been off Meth for 12 years but had friends on it and I realized no matter how much I loved them I couldn't save them. Because of them and a girlfriend who went back out on Heroin I was told by my sponsor in NA to go to Al-anon for help (they also have Nacanon but al-anon is much easier to find} that program helped me deal with the addicts in my life and start living for me. If some one choses to stay or leave a relationship with and addict they can still find ways to deal with the help of all-anon. Meth was the hardest drug to quit because of the sever depression it caused also Meth and the sleep deprivation really messes with your head bad. But with help of a recovery house or rehab or 12 step program if you want to stop you can. I really feel for you all and am here for ya.