My husband is currently trying to get off meth. Weaning off failed, and he tried going cold turkey.
After 4 days, he said it was unbearable and wanted to get back to weaning off.
Stupid, I know, but I gave in. He ended up using 3 times within the first 24 hours.
Now, here's the question. I have the rest of his stuff. And I really want to just flush it and stop enabling. Or is it better to let him wean off
I am barely hanging on, to be honest. What would you do?
My daughter has a heroin addiction and tried numerous times to wean off on her own unsuccessfully because the withdrawal symptoms are sooo bad plus it can be dangerous. My suggestion would be he go to an in patient dexox center so he gets weaned off medically supervised. They will also give meds to make it as comfortable as possible but it's still hard. Then the hardest part starts the rehabilitation, then sobriety if he can get that far. It's a bumpy road and not a straight line usually, sadly.
My daughter is a Meth addict. She is currently sober. Cold turkey wont harm him,he will just feel like he is dying. Read up on the symptoms of Meth withdrawal. Sometimes a person can have withdraw symptoms months after stopping.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Tell him he needs an official detox. It isn't fair to you to be in the middle of his addiction. My son asked me to hold onto some medicine (he really needed) and make sure he only had the correct dose. I said, no way-he is an addict and it would be endless drama with begging for the med, yelling at me...It was a hard conversation, but the peace was worth it. Again, I would recommend getting out of the middle of his addiction. He needs to do it himself and decide how he is going to quit. Take care of YOU. Hugs,
Totally agree with parenting2
