I hesitated to post this poll.... but remember it is anonymous if you want it to be... all you have to do is answer it anonymously, you don't need to write a comment.... If you were or you think you were, I have a follow up poll in a new post with the question, "do you think your drug addiction has anything to do with being sexually molested?".
It is my firm belief & I have read, too, that many addicts were sexually molested or abused before adulthood... I believe my daughter was.... I don't know by who or when or where, but I think she was... I think many obese people were too...
Thanks for answering.
They won't let me post the second poll for 24 hours.... didn't know that.
If any of you feel comfortable divulging that you have been or you think you may have been sexually molested before adulthood, then please answer this:
Do you think your addiction has anything to do with being sexually molested?
Thanks.
If any of you feel comfortable divulging that you have been or you think you may have been sexually molested before adulthood, then please answer this:
Do you think your addiction has anything to do with being sexually molested?
Thanks.
hey heavenbound:
I am from the pain pill forum, but thought I would answer your poll. I think being molested had EVERYTHING to do with my self-esteem. That led to all kinds of self-destructive behavior. I am not sure it had to do specifically with my addiction, which didn't develop til much, much later in my life...and I had tried to deal with it through therapy for years. I would have to say it definitely contributed...just in the fact that I could take prescribed medication outside of the prescribed amount.
It was wreckless...and wrecklessness in my opinion is a basic self-esteem/control issue.
Good poll.
Happy Holidays!
I am from the pain pill forum, but thought I would answer your poll. I think being molested had EVERYTHING to do with my self-esteem. That led to all kinds of self-destructive behavior. I am not sure it had to do specifically with my addiction, which didn't develop til much, much later in my life...and I had tried to deal with it through therapy for years. I would have to say it definitely contributed...just in the fact that I could take prescribed medication outside of the prescribed amount.
It was wreckless...and wrecklessness in my opinion is a basic self-esteem/control issue.
Good poll.
Happy Holidays!
I'm not sure whether because I was molested I became an addict...my family is full of alcoholics and addicts...so I believe it to be more of a heredity issue. The one thing that always got me angry was the fact that my parents never addressed the issue. I finally talked with them this past year about how I felt badly about myself because it was never mentioned.
Yes.....I was.
Also I thought that was the reason why I used drugs...UNTIL I came to see that my choice to use drugs had nothing directly to do with my being molested......that to be became one of my MANY reasons/excuses to use.
Also I thought that was the reason why I used drugs...UNTIL I came to see that my choice to use drugs had nothing directly to do with my being molested......that to be became one of my MANY reasons/excuses to use.
No I wasnt
nope, i was never abused. it started out of s***ty home life and i like to party. i tried to stay away from home and partied all the time.
Heaven Bound,
Both my X and dear friend were both sexually abused at a young age. Neither can say for sure that that is why they started using because there were many factors but when asked, that is one of the main tramatic experiences in their lives which motivated both of them to continue using to excape having to face reality. Was also a cause for low self esteem.
Both my X and dear friend were both sexually abused at a young age. Neither can say for sure that that is why they started using because there were many factors but when asked, that is one of the main tramatic experiences in their lives which motivated both of them to continue using to excape having to face reality. Was also a cause for low self esteem.
Rae, I liked your little thing about sorrow swimming. Have you ever read Hotel New Hampshire, by John Irving? Apart from being a damned entertaining read, it has a theme which runs through it, the theme being "sorrow floats", which he manages to put in quite literal terms, when a stuffed dog, called Sorrow, gets found floating in the sea after a plane crash...
He's one of my favourite authors, because he has that uncanny ability to illustrate facts through the most bizarre twists of fiction. And he nearly always manages to write in a part for a bear, which is an achievement in itself!
love
Diff xxx
He's one of my favourite authors, because he has that uncanny ability to illustrate facts through the most bizarre twists of fiction. And he nearly always manages to write in a part for a bear, which is an achievement in itself!
love
Diff xxx
Yeah i was ..i was 7 it was more of a rape then just molesting. It affected me a LOT in the teen years and lead to being hospitlized at 16 i tried to hang myself. Honestly thou I'm in a good place with that now. I don't think it had ANYTHING AT ALL to do with why i started H. I did start drinking and smoking pot rather young because of it. I had already made peace with myself over that long before H and coke.
Thank you, those who answered, I appreciate it.
Sexual molestation of a child sickens me. It disgusts me. It is appalling. Our world is full of SICK SICK people. It is so rampant, it is just unbelievable.
Thank you again for being so honest & for sharing.
Sexual molestation of a child sickens me. It disgusts me. It is appalling. Our world is full of SICK SICK people. It is so rampant, it is just unbelievable.
Thank you again for being so honest & for sharing.
Me as well Heavenbound.
Love my GYAC, but I think the opposite. I didn't use it as an excuse to use. It hadn't registered to me when I started using. I now realize it was to push it all back down because I never did drugs until my own child became the age I was when it happened to me. This is not uncomon.
Soooooooooo, weird I just saw this. Out of nowhere someone that had something to do with that was at my door. Not the person did it, but someone whose own kids may have been effected by the same person.
Love my GYAC, but I think the opposite. I didn't use it as an excuse to use. It hadn't registered to me when I started using. I now realize it was to push it all back down because I never did drugs until my own child became the age I was when it happened to me. This is not uncomon.
Soooooooooo, weird I just saw this. Out of nowhere someone that had something to do with that was at my door. Not the person did it, but someone whose own kids may have been effected by the same person.
nope..no sexual abuse..but an early life with an alcoholic physically&pyschologically abusive father...my ma kick him out when i was bout 8yr.old&we aint seen him since.Because my ma had to be the breadwinner me&my bro would be left to our own devices for periods...thats when my 1st. drug..i.e solvents..started at age 10...lookin back i deff. sought solace thru drugs.Brave poll Heavenbound...take care...Davey
