I spoke to my ex-husband today. It's so sad to hear in his voice that he's on heroin again. The slurry speech I've been so used to hearing is back. He tried to blame it on the phone, the cell phone - you know how those phones don't work very well...
I don't feel I can blame him this time, though, because he's in a lot of pain from an accident he had. He was in a coma for 3 days, shattered 3 vertebrae, broke 2 ribs and lost his ear (but was re-attached) and now isn't given enough painkillers because of his addiction -- so he gets relief elsewhere.
Through him I learned a lot about drugs, more than I wanted to know but maybe someday I will be able to use the information. For the time being I'm telling what I've learned to my step-daughter in hopes she'll always be careful.
One thing I didn't realize until I witnessed him starting to go into a withdrawal was that the body gets addicted. I used to think it was just a mental/psychological thing... duh...
And he was someone who'd never tried and never would try drugs... they got him anyway...
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