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Meanwhile, here at home... The opioid crisis rages on.
Spent the better part of today convincing a young addict and his girlfriend holed up in a crummy motel to come to our treatment center.
We’re two minutes away from the pickup, and he texts me.
Meanwhile, here at home... The opioid crisis rages on.
Spent the better part of today convincing a young addict and his girlfriend holed up in a crummy motel to come to our treatment center.
We’re two minutes away from the pickup, and he texts me.
I called immediately to see what went wrong.
Miramar Recovery is a beautiful, safe environment in an idyllic destination. You’d be happy to stay with us.
These kids are homeless. We’re about to pull them out of a drug den and into safety.
Why would they say no?!?!
Miramar Recovery is a beautiful, safe environment in an idyllic destination. You’d be happy to stay with us.
These kids are homeless. We’re about to pull them out of a drug den and into safety.
Why would they say no?!?!
He tells me his girlfriend wants to get high again. He just left to buy more drugs. Fentanyl and meth.
Fentanyl killed more Americans in two years than the entire Vietnam War.
Meth killed my father twenty years ago.
This is personal for me.
Fentanyl killed more Americans in two years than the entire Vietnam War.
Meth killed my father twenty years ago.
This is personal for me.
He insisted they weren’t ready yet and that he’d call me later.
“Tonight, for sure, man. I wanna come there and get clean, bro.”
He was almost out of money. The last of what he had was for the drugs.
“Just one more time,” he said.
“I don’t want to live like this.”
“Tonight, for sure, man. I wanna come there and get clean, bro.”
He was almost out of money. The last of what he had was for the drugs.
“Just one more time,” he said.
“I don’t want to live like this.”
That was a few hours ago.
I called and texted several times, but I doubt he’s in any condition to respond right now.
Hopefully they’ll be fine and will reach out when they come down and begin withdrawal in a few hours.
I could be wrong.
I called and texted several times, but I doubt he’s in any condition to respond right now.
Hopefully they’ll be fine and will reach out when they come down and begin withdrawal in a few hours.
I could be wrong.
Thousands of stories like this are unfolding all over our country.
If someone you know is in trouble, there are options.
I might be biased, but there are plenty of treatment centers like ours that provide the tools needed to get well and stay well.
miramar-recovery.com
If someone you know is in trouble, there are options.
I might be biased, but there are plenty of treatment centers like ours that provide the tools needed to get well and stay well.
miramar-recovery.com
But just like any form of addiction treatment, we don’t provide a “cure” to addiction. That’s the addicts responsibility. Treatment helps facilitate recovery and provides the tools.
The addict has to DECIDE to get well.
Not *want* to get well. Not *hope* to get well.
DECIDE.
The addict has to DECIDE to get well.
Not *want* to get well. Not *hope* to get well.
DECIDE.
UPDATE: He’s called and texted the past couple days saying he’s ready, but backs out again at the last minute.
He’s nearby, but never gives his precise location.
I’ve tried luring them in by telling him how nice our place is. Anything that helps.
He’s nearby, but never gives his precise location.
I’ve tried luring them in by telling him how nice our place is. Anything that helps.
He *says* his girl wants to keep getting high.
Always blaming it on the woman. Typical.
Best we can hope for right now is they go broke, get “dope sick,” and want help before one of them dies.
As dramatic as that sounds, that’s the absolute truth.
Always blaming it on the woman. Typical.
Best we can hope for right now is they go broke, get “dope sick,” and want help before one of them dies.
As dramatic as that sounds, that’s the absolute truth.
