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Love. A small, but powerful word. Love yourself or your loved one enough to seek education and help, no matter what that means. Often, this means serious personal and social sacrifice. On the personal level, here is a good example. There are many grandparents and other family members out there, that have assumed the responsilbility of children because the parents are either debilitated by meth or being rehabilitated, or are incarcerated due to meth related offenses. On the social level, there is a great cost to taxpayers to rehabilitate and oversee foster placement of children who aren't family placed, Then we must consider the costs incurred when offenders must be prosecuted and incarcerated, as well as the cost of dismantling meth labs. At this point, it would only be fair to factor in the cost of public education, health care issues that are always associated with addictive drug use (ie. hepatitis, aids, etc.), public services (such as food assistance, monetary assistance, job placement services, and health care services) that are provided to people for

a given period after incarceration. If love means a warm, caring, supportive and concerned affection for someone, then all of the above mentioned examples, fall well within the confines of this definition. It is just too bad, that all to often, love as above defined and executed, does not eliminate the problem. If you have someone that you love, and that someone is addicted to meth, love has to be a little different, if you intend to help them. Don't give them money. Don't pay their bills. Don't lie for them and don't accept any lies they may tell. Don't bail them out of jail. Don't pay their fines. Don't hire an attorney for them. Do talk to them about better options. Do give them food, they are starving their bodies. Take care of their children or do what you have to, so that the children are cared for properly, the children didn't ask for any of this. Tell them that you love them, and that it hurts you to see them like this. All of this will be hard, but if you support them financially, you might as well go out on the streets and buy meth for them. If by some chance you are in a recovery period and reading this, I am so very sorry for what has happened to you. You are a victim of something horrible. I hope for you, complete recovery, freedom, I pray for you everyday, I pray for the people that love you, I wish for you a life full of life, and I pray that you love yourself and others enough to banish this darkness from your life forever.

If, by some bizarre chance that you are reading this, and you are using, understand one thing. You are loved.

Someone, somewhere, loves you and is worried about you and wants you to be alive. What are you waiting for? There won't be a perfect day to quit. It won't be easy, but it can be done. You don't have anything to lose except an addiction and all of the problems that go with it. You have your life at stake, and if you think that you can just keep this up with no consequences, think again, you are buying into a huge lie. This thing will get you, one way or another, it will get you. You will end up one of three ways: Damaged, incarcerated or dead. Maybe, you will suffer all three. I am speaking authoritatively about this based on the 50 people that I know who used meth consistently. All of them belong to at least one of the three above categories. You have a choice. Choose to live, because whether you believe it right now or not, you are loved, and life is waiting for you to live it.


	Truth about Meth \| home All About... \| My Family \| Hope \| Help \| Love \| Favorite Links \| Contact Me \| Other \| Christian Support \| Christian Support Love Love. A small, but powerful word. Love yourself or your loved one enough to seek education and help, no matter what that means. Often, this means serious personal and social sacrifice. On the personal level, here is a good example. There are many grandparents and other family members out there, that have assumed the responsilbility of children because the parents are either debilitated by meth or being rehabilitated, or are incarcerated due to meth related offenses. On the social level, there is a great cost to taxpayers to rehabilitate and oversee foster placement of children who aren't family placed, Then we must consider the costs incurred when offenders must be prosecuted and incarcerated, as well as the cost of dismantling meth labs. At this point, it would only be fair to factor in the cost of public education, health care issues that are always associated with addictive drug use (ie. hepatitis, aids, etc.), public services (such as food assistance, monetary assistance, job placement services, and health care services) that are provided to people for a given period after incarceration. If love means a warm, caring, supportive and concerned affection for someone, then all of the above mentioned examples, fall well within the confines of this definition. It is just too bad, that all to often, love as above defined and executed, does not eliminate the problem. If you have someone that you love, and that someone is addicted to meth, love has to be a little different, if you intend to help them. Don't give them money. Don't pay their bills. Don't lie for them and don't accept any lies they may tell. Don't bail them out of jail. Don't pay their fines. Don't hire an attorney for them. Do talk to them about better options. Do give them food, they are starving their bodies. Take care of their children or do what you have to, so that the children are cared for properly, the children didn't ask for any of this. Tell them that you love them, and that it hurts you to see them like this. All of this will be hard, but if you support them financially, you might as well go out on the streets and buy meth for them. If by some chance you are in a recovery period and reading this, I am so very sorry for what has happened to you. You are a victim of something horrible. I hope for you, complete recovery, freedom, I pray for you everyday, I pray for the people that love you, I wish for you a life full of life, and I pray that you love yourself and others enough to banish this darkness from your life forever. If, by some bizarre chance that you are reading this, and you are using, understand one thing. You are loved. Someone, somewhere, loves you and is worried about you and wants you to be alive. What are you waiting for? There won't be a perfect day to quit. It won't be easy, but it can be done. You don't have anything to lose except an addiction and all of the problems that go with it. You have your life at stake, and if you think that you can just keep this up with no consequences, think again, you are buying into a huge lie. This thing will get you, one way or another, it will get you. You will end up one of three ways: Damaged, incarcerated or dead. Maybe, you will suffer all three. I am speaking authoritatively about this based on the 50 people that I know who used meth consistently. All of them belong to at least one of the three above categories. You have a choice. Choose to live, because whether you believe it right now or not, you are loved, and life is waiting for you to live it.