Addicted Child

I am the mother of a heroin addicted child, and in need of some advise as to where to turn
How old is the child? and how did they get addicted?
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The child I am talking about is 34 years, and the mother of my two grandchildren ages 11 and four, she lost her husband from a sickness in 2002,and since then she has been on drugs, went into detox in January I went down stairs to her apartment t clean and was mortified by the mess, every dish and were screwn arond the house, the dishes looked as if they were not washed in month, I had to throw a lot of them out, it took me over 8 hours to clean the house...when she came home she started going to meetings for about one month and stopped....think she is using again because all of the signs are there, she never gets out of bed and whenever th kids want her she is in the bathroom, inwhich she spends hours and hours. The other day I asked about all the jewerly that we bought the kids and she told me that it was in the pawn shop, i want to confront and tell that I am going for custody of kids, I feel so sorry for them, she has not spent one minuet with them since there dad died and has not bought them any clothing, or taken them to the doctor, my other daughter and myself have been doing that, she always seems to be broke even though she gets SSI for herself and the kids, I know she blow all of her late husbands insurance money and lost her house down the shore... I am at a loss as to what to do,even if I get custody of the kids how do I throw her out some advise please
I would show her this board... And make her READ IT! This will do several things...

1. It will show her others that are in the same boat as her.
2. It will show her others that may be worse off than her! (An incentive to get clean!)
3. It will show her cases where people have fought to get their lives back and won! (It can be done!)
4. It will show her the enormity of the decision that she has made!

Go get her Mom!!!!!
Oh yes... And never, never, NEVER give her any money until you know she is clean. Do for the kids, yes, but give no money to her!
Sounds like an excellent decision to go for custody of her children.
There is alot of specific treatment options outlined on this web site (see top tool bar) that could help her....especially consider buprenorphine for her once she's detoxified ( under addiction medication on top tool bar)
Good luck,
Lucia