http://dadonfire.net/2010/01/21/telling-account-of-the-impact-of-heroin/ On fire about the impact of addiction and need for solutions Mon, 14 May 2012 17:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dadonfire.net/2010/01/21/telling-account-of-the-impact-of-heroin/#comment-668 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:31:26 +0000 http://dadonfire.net/?p=206#comment-668 Yes – The story seems to fit. That’s what interested me about Laura Lang. I think a recovering addict or alcoholic has to be equally obsessive about their recovery as they are with their addiction. For most it is an enduring struggle. Especially Heroin! The reality of heroin addiction is a continual learning process for me as a Dad. Also – check out http://dadonfire.net/2009/12/30/1354/. I don’t support that cynicism; but I realized something about addicts I deal with when I read Dalrymple’s piece. I understand your point with your daughter. Recovery is just the next chapter when she decides. All best to her.

]]> http://dadonfire.net/2010/01/21/telling-account-of-the-impact-of-heroin/#comment-666 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:06:27 +0000 http://dadonfire.net/?p=206#comment-666 Laura Lang’s honest report about ‘missing heroin’ and the lifestyle focus her addiction required, is what I’ve come to understand and accept as a reality for my daughter and other heroin addicts. At this point, I really can’t fathom any kind of incentive for my daughter to want to get ‘clean and sober’. If she were to ‘cross back over’, she faces jail, thousands of dollars of debt and fines, no job, no friends, a cynical, suspicious, ‘used up’, alienated family, no place to live, her eating disorder, etc. It all seems overwhelming. Her ‘cocoon’ of isolation in a drug house and only dealing with getting her next fix seems more manageable and frankly, more inviting, in a way. I understand how and why Laura feels the way she does.

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