Ice addiction

[Gaylemb]

My daughter is addicted to ice and marijuana, she is a single mum with 3 kids, she has lost s much weight I hardly recognise her. She is paranoid, says her phone is bugged, now her house and car too. I don't know where to turn or what to do. She's been to doctors, they just prescribed medication, I'm so scared for her and the kids

[blondguy]

Hello Gaylemb

Im Paul and welcome to the forums....and I am so sorry for the pain and anguish you are going through with your daughter (and the children of course) and her ice & marijuana addiction.

Firstly .....the forums are a safe place for you to post...Your privacy and well being is paramount to Beyond Blue and I hope you can continue to post as we are non judgemental and committed to providing you with the best possible support we can

Can you please call Family Drug Support Australia on 1300 368 186. This is a 24/7 support line that will understand what you are going through and provide you with the specific help you need for your daughter

From what you have mentioned about the children....Your daughters' addiction would be having a impact on them and depending on what state you live in, can you call the relevant child services department only for advice on what is occurring. This call is important as it will be a huge help for the childrens well being in this situation

It is crucial that you call Family Drug Support Australia on 1300 368 186 as soon as you can

If you are stuck...or have any questions please let us know Gaylemb

you are not alone at all

my kind thoughts

Paul

[geoff]

Hello Gaylemb, can I, first of all, welcome you to the forums.

It must be such an awful situation you are in at the moment, the trouble is it's not too hard to get and not expensive, but it's your loss of control over her behaviour that would be causing all the problems, and I'm really sorry.

It is important for you to understand that, while you can set and try and enforce some rules, it will depend on what she wants to do.

Going to rehab. may turn out to be successful for a lot of people, however, if she returns to the same area, the same friends then that's not good, only because they will tempt her once again.

There is a new program caled the Matrix Model which you can google, but I'd like to know a little more if you feel like telling us.

I'm extremely sorry to do this.

Best wishes.

Geoff.

[baet123]

Hey Gaylemb,

Welcome to the forums and thanks for posting.

I can't really add much more then what Paul and Geoff have mentioned above, however, may I ask how old your daughters children are?

I am worried about your daughter but also her children as they may be exposed to substance abuse which can lead to complex PTSD and other serious issues which has the ability to be extremely detrimental to children's emotional and physical well-being growing up and throughout their entire adult life.

I know you may not wish to hear this but you may want to ring your states child protection helpline and report this. Maybe taking her children away and having them live with you or another family member until your daughter can improve her condition because it seems that she is not fit to be raising and caring for children at present.

How old are your grandchildren? Is your family Indigenous? If your daughter has a child under the age of 3, she should be able to enquire and seek assistance from Health and access her local community health centre and work with the perinatal and postnatal team. They have social workers, nurses and other health professionals who will be able to approach your daughters situation holistically and address all of her concerns both emotional, physical, financial, housing and the like.

Hope this helps and if you need more specific information on services or other agencies/organisations out there, let me know.

All the best,

Nick.

[bradleyg]

Hi,

does anyone find phone calls and forums helpful in between going to meetings.

i am struggling long term and would like to know what helped make it work

thanks for advise

[Sophie_M]

Hi bradleyg, welcome to the forums.  As this is an older thread you've posted in, your comment may be missed here so we'd recommend you start a new thread in the Welcome area to introduce yourself.

To answer your question, many members do tell us that they find the forums to be a helpful 'in between' support, to encourage them to keep doing what works and to check in with others who have similar experiences.

The quote below is from a user research project we conducted a few years ago that is indicative of feedback we've had on this issue:

“The online forum is ideal for someone like myself as I often feel isolated. I know that I can get online and read other people’s stories and feel more connected. It's reassuring knowing that I can use the forum during times when the support of my psychiatrist, counsellor & MH case manager are not available.” 

Hope that helps, we look forward to your next post.
 

[skybluecoast]

Hey Bradleyg

Looking forward to reading what's going on. Hope this forum can be of some support to you.