{"id":34143,"date":"2021-08-03T10:01:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T00:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=34143"},"modified":"2021-08-03T10:01:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T00:01:55","slug":"meth-a-users-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=34143","title":{"rendered":"Meth – A User’s Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cI remember before I tried meth, I asked people what it was like. They said \u201cit\u2019s like a burst of energy, a rush that takes your breath, it\u2019s the best feeling ever, I don\u2019t know how to explain it really.\u2019 And they were right, but now if someone were to ever ask me what it\u2019s like, I would tell them..<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2018It\u2019s like spending every single penny you ever had, on drugs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like going days without eating even though you were starving, but you needed dope more.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like having to lie to every family and friend you had ever had.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like waking up hating yourself from the shame and guilt.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like going into withdrawals every 8 hours unless you had more dope to do. (And you usually didn\u2019t)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like never attending any family event because you were too high or too sick.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like everyone eventually stopped inviting you to events. And even talking to you.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It’s like crying yourself to sleep every single night because your children got taken.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like knowing you have one more chance to get better before your child gets adopted and still choosing that bag.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It’s like asking others how your own blood child is doing.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It’s watching everyone around you succeed and yet you\u2019re crumbling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like everything was on your drug dealers time. If they said five hours. You\u2019ll wait five hours in a car.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like stealing everything worth value for dope. No matter how sentimental it was to you, or someone else.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like losing so much weight you can\u2019t fit into any of your clothes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like losing everything you\u2019ve ever owned in your entire life.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like nobody believing a word you said, even if it was the truth.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like being a prisoner inside your own head.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like contemplating suicide every single day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like never being scared to die, because that\u2019s what you wanted.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like trying to shut your brain up for even five minutes. It was worth that little time of peace.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like seeing your family cry for you to stop, only for you to leave and go get high. Because stopping wasn\u2019t an option. It wasn\u2019t possible.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like you\u2019d do absolutely anything for more. And you did.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like everyone hating you no matter where you went, because they knew you were a drug addict.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You’ll miss out on your children and they’ll be grown before you Know it. You’d kill for your child and do any and everything for them yet you won’t be able to get clean for them and we actually turn out to be the ones who hurt them the most.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like overdosing and going to get high right after.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like walking into rehab 100 pounds with the clothes on your back and being scared to death.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s like giving your ENTIRE LIFE AWAY.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So if you\u2019re ever curious like I was, please at least know the truth. CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, and it WILL KILL YOU TOO\u201d<\/div>\n
-Monica Horn<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI remember before I tried meth, I asked people what it was like. They said \u201cit\u2019s like a burst of energy, a rush that takes your breath, it\u2019s the best feeling ever, I don\u2019t know how to explain it really.\u2019 And they were right, but now if someone were to ever ask me what it\u2019s … <\/p>\n

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