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Dear FDS,
My daughter is a heroin addict and has been for 18 months.
She is 20 years old and her daughter has been taken
into care by DOCS. Thank God. They are in Bathurst.
My heart is broken. She tries to detox but can't complete
the programme. Iknow she wants to stop. She is involved
with a heroin addict. He is the father of her baby.
He has been an addict for about 5 years. He has been
in jail. My daughter steals and has been to court numerous
times. She must be close to going to jail.
My daughter, Alex, was the most wonderful daughter prior
to meeting her partner 5 years ago (or so). She was
a happy and intelligent, socially aware and musical
girl. I adored her. She lies now and steals. She gave
up her family for heroin. What do you do? I know Alex's
father and I are helpless until she abstains. Alex is
now on methadone. This was something she didn't want
to do. The pain is shocking; one thinks over and over
"What did Ido to cause this?" Drug and alcohol
workers say "it is their decision." Is it? Is it a disease?
What did we do? I want my daughter back. This new person
is so corrupt. Who is she?
Everyone suffers when there is a heroin addict in the
family. The effects are so far reaching. When will Bob
Carr allow "shooting galleries?" I don't know what the
best solution is. Law enforcement has failed.
Anyway, thank you for the magazines. When can or will
our children take control and stop this? When will a
treatment work? What can we do?
A
Mother
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