vin1272 Posted April 12, 2006 Posted April 12, 2006 ok well here is my situation. I have been with my girl for about 5 months now, and i really do care about her. here is the problem.....she is heavily into drugs....smokes alot of pot and is completely abusing her prescription drugs (xanax). her friends are all into the same thing, and all she does with her friends is drugs. when i pick her up from her friends houses....she is always completely high. even after i told her that please have some respect for me and be sober when i am going to see you. i left her when my father recently passed away and all i wanted from her was to be there for me.....and she went out to a bar (she is a "recovering" alcoholic by the way) got completely drunk and called me drunk and very late that night. she wasnt there for me so i left her. we are back together after she promised to get herself in a rehab program and try and straighten out her life. never happened. she told me she stopped taking xanax...never happened. she is always high when i see her and it really bothers me. any advice would be GREATLY appreciated:) vince
littlepiggy1 Posted April 13, 2006 Posted April 13, 2006 Unfortunately, it can be very difficult (if not impossible) to help someone who doesn't want to help themselves. And it sounds like she has some serious addiction issues. Where's her family in all of this? Is there anyone you can talk to that is close to her? Maybe stage an intervention of some kind? If not that, then my advice is to either lay down an ultimatum (i.e. "get into a rehab program or we're through") or simply break it off. Actually, if it was me I'd just dump her. I've seen some friends that have had drug problems and the effect it had on their lives and I wouldn't want to be around someone like that. But that's just me.
MadDog Posted April 13, 2006 Posted April 13, 2006 ok well here is my situation. I have been with my girl for about 5 months now, and i really do care about her. here is the problem.....she is heavily into drugs....smokes alot of pot and is completely abusing her prescription drugs (xanax). her friends are all into the same thing, and all she does with her friends is drugs. when i pick her up from her friends houses....she is always completely high. even after i told her that please have some respect for me and be sober when i am going to see you. You didn't really believe that simply telling her that would straighten her up, did you? If it worked, you would have revolutionized the drug & alcohol addiction treatment industry. Just tell a longtime addict, "Hey. Have some respect & quit your boozing" & presto, they're sober. How easy would that be?
blind_otter Posted April 13, 2006 Posted April 13, 2006 Xanax is a dirty, dangerous drug. Withdrawal from suddenly stopping xanax can cause seizures, delerium tremens, and even death. Xanax and other benzodiazepines (valium, klonopin) are one of the few drugs whose withdrawal is so severe that it can cause death or brain damage. Mix that with alcohol, you have a lethal combination. She would need medical supervision, at this point, to safely get off the xanax without risking seizure or convulsion. There is tons of info about getting clean off benzodiazepine-family drugs, on the internet. Google it and print out the withdrawal symptoms and consequences. Talk to her and give her the info. This is an extremely dangerous situation, please don't take it lightly.
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