How do you help a heroin addict?!


Question: How do you help a heroin addict?
My dad has been using heroin (needles) for over 30 yrs now, I was put up for adoption at age 9, I'm 32 yrs now and hes still using. He just got out of prision a few weeks ago after 2 yrs for possession and hes using again. He lives in an abandoned house no electricity, no water its pretty discusting. I went to take him food 2 days ago and he was all wasted, so I left with out giving him food. I am so angry because he has no intention on quiting and I really want to bring him back and be apart of our lives since he missed out on me growing up.

Answers:

I feel really bad for you... On a Sunday, try to take him to a local church or take him golfing or anything to get him away from those syringes. If this doesn't work, try counseling.



Have him arrested again and again until he gets clean! Sometimes the states you live in will have programs that help while they are incarcerated!! You can only do so much!! I'm sorry for you!! Maybe his weaknesses will give you strengths! Something tells me they already have!!



I am sorry to hear that. One one of the things you can do is take him to a drug rehab center, get him some type of therapy and if worse comes to worse tell the police. I hope things get better



U can only help people who want to help themselves.

Reality



you need to get him into a treatment program. you cannot do it by yourself



Will he's not going to change now. I wouldn't worry about him just get a life.



Im really sorry to hear about this.

Have you tired an intervention? You could try getting the people who he loves and depends to write down

1.) Why they want him stop?
2.) What things it will effect if he doesn't get professional help and get clean? ie. lose you. Its horrible to say but if he thinks he can depend on you forever and carry on his bad habits he will. He need to be aware that you will not be a part of this any longer and that for your own health you cant be.
3.) What good things you can promise if he does get clean? ie incentives

Read these things to him in turn and at the end give him the opportunity to speak.

I know this must be so hard for you but if this doesn't work i would suggest you see a counsellor yourself and try to move on. Some people actually cant be helped because they don't want to be
and get so far into their own worlds they don't see the devastation thy are causing. If he cant be helped you cant torture yourself.

Best of luck

Woman with Alcohol induced dementia Gran who's been there with someone who's done it for too long to be helped - You need to protect yourself otherwize your life could be wasted too!



OK so whoever posted the last answer about give up on it, I am sorry and not saying this to be rude, but that is definitely not a good idea. That is your father and no he may have missed out on most of your life but you don't just give up on someone you love. The best you can do is take him to a rehab center if you can't get through to him on your own. Call someone and have him picked up and thy will see his living arrangements and take him for rehab and you don't even have to let him know it was you. If you don't want to do that maybe having him arrested would be the way to go until he gets clean for good. You cannot make someone change a life style they have had over 30 years especially with a drug like that. See if you can get someone informed on the fact that there is someone living in that house tell them where it is and they will search and take it from there. They will automatically put him in rehab and possibly jail but that would be the best thing to help him get on the right path. Just don't give up on your own father even though sometimes you may feel that that is all you can do, it's not!




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