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Addiction to Drugs/Ive stoped but i want them so bad i go crazy for it

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Expert: Caroline West - 6/11/2009


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Hi im 16 and I smoke Pot, I pop Ecstasy, and 2 lines of cocaine, I started smoking pot when i was 14 then i stopped because i started poping Ecstasy I took 1 every 2 weeks then it went to 2 every week then 4 a day I stopped for a while, but i got back into it. Then i just stopped because i Got to a total of 44 pills, and then i did cocaine, but just one time i loved it but i couldn't do it anymore so i started smoking pot so i can stop with ecstasy it worked but i crave it so much like this very moment I'm typing this i just need a little bit of help on what to do to stop craving it like an activity or something to get my mind of it because when people talk about it i get that feeling that i was on it and i just want to buy it, and i even stopped bringing money to school so i wont buy one Its so hard The only reason I did it its because i use it to cope with my brothers death i started cutting myself but i started with drugs

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Hello Amna luv,again I do apologise for getting back to you so slowly before. I am glad I could help and I am writing to you to tell you that if you want a follow-up then please submit it today because as soon as I have answered the 3 pending questions in the next couple of days,I will be taking a month off. So I want to help you but you must get the follow up in today. Speak to you soon and I wish you all the best,take care and I'm here for the rest of the day,Caroline  

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Caroline West

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My expertise in this area is in illicit/street drugs as well as some over the counter and prescription drugs/meds. I can answer questions about most illicit drugs and prescription drugs. I can offer advice on Opiate maintenance drugs like Methadone, Subutex and Suboxone,and the process of going through a Detox and/or Rehab. I understand the problems Drug use can cause regarding convictions and debt problems. There is a difference between recreational drug use and drug addiction and can answer questions on both. Relationship advice if you or your partner is using and can offer help there too. Drug addiction is no joke and it can shatter the lives of the family as well as the user so I can also offer help and advice to friends and family. Drug dependency creates a great deal of issues both mentally and physically and left untreated can lead to poor Mental Health, Psychological and Physical harm and worse. Life can become unmanageable in many ways including work and schooling alongside breakdowns in relationships,risk of convictions and a reduction in personal care. I can offer advice and support in all these areas having been in them and now out of them.

Experience

I have had multiple drug addictions in the past that have included Cannabis,Heroin,Crack,Benzo's,Codeine and over the counter tablets as well as prescription medicines and taken near enough everything. It caused a great deal of problems in my family and I also had suffered breakdowns,Hospitalizations,suicide attempts,convictions the lot. I had been in a 7 year drug using relationship which was tough. I've come out the other end now and haven't used illicit drugs for 5 years. I really do understand what it is like for the user and those around them.

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I am in 4 other categories here at All Experts: Abusive Relationships; Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or DBT which can simultaneously help those with BPD and with Drug/Alcohol Problems; and Teenage Problems. I also belong to Care2.com which helps various causes all over the world.

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I have schooling up to A-Level standard,College Diplomas and what I offer here is valuable 'life experience'.

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I have done this voluntary job here at All Experts for about 3 years now.

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