Meth & Mental Health

[Momsheartbroken]

Originally Posted by bparker

im a newly registered member so bear with me, meth has destroyed our family for 10 yrs my ex is an addict and inmate our daughter was just diagnosed with bi-polar help

I'm also a newly registered member of this family. My family has been going through hell for approx. 6 yrs now. My 26 yr old son has just been incarcerated. They busted him for poss with intent to distribute meth. He is also bi-polar. That prosecuting att gen said he was gonna make an example out of him because he was taking advantage of the people that was addicted to it and buying from him. I've got news for him!!! My son was just as addicted if not more at that time and was selling to be able to get it. The way they have this fed system i just don't understand. I've been in tears for a week now. He had no paperwork or whatever he needed to show he wasn't a snitch but other inmates kept threatening to hurt him. He went to the shu on his on after he had been there for 6 days. Someone help me understand everything. PLEASE.

[hillbillybobs]

My husband is a meth addict plus diagnosed as a psycho schizophrenic, he has been in the prison system before and we were married while he was at a work release. We've been married 7yrs things were good till we moved back to our home town within 3yrs he was back in the game and this time he introduced me to it well the worst happened wrong crowd and guess what he recently pulled chain to A&R for a new stint in the prison system this time got 7yrs, out of all this I've been clean for 7mths. I'm staying buy his side regardless and praying that he'll stay clean this time I'm worried, scared, and hoping I have what it takes to make it. I have had lots of family support, but it is very hard when mental illness and meth are mixed. I am glad that prison talk is here it got me through last time and I'm glad to be here again. But if anyone knows of ways that can help us I would appreciate it, we are in Oklahoma and I have been there from the beginning this time, last time he had already served 3yrs before we got together and it has been trying. I thank everyone who has any kind of advice.

[joshgirl4ever]

I am a recovering meth addict. That was a hard addiction to kick. I even caught a felony case after my boyfriend was sent to jail/prison. I have been clean for a year and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. Meth causes mental issues. Sometimes its only when you are high and some people they just go out there and never come back. I am for waiting my boyfriend to get out of prison as well. we only have seven more months. THe last two years we were together before prison we used together. I am realistically exspecting its going to be/could be an issue. I have decided my soberity is more important than my relationship with him. We share a daughter and im not giving up my daughter for meth. So just make sure with his previous history that you are prepared for that. He cant get clean for you and you cant get clean for him. You have to get clean for you. The one thing I found so beneficial for getting off meth was people. Just stay away from people you used with, knew. or use now even though you may not know them. Meth heads like to share and its like spreading a disease. So think good and hard about what you would do the day he got out and the subject came back up because you used together and it became a way of your life. That is a really hard habit to break. I know im scared