My sister is a recovering heroin addict who is recently getting her life back on track.(please read on)?
Christine asked:
She is on Methadone which seems to diminish her cravings for drugs, and she just gave birth on October 8th, 2008. My parents and I are doing everything possible to help her out, and are getting her old car registered again so that she can commute from her program to our house (which is about a 40 minute drive) so we can see our new addition to the family =] . Anyway, I am wondering if her having her old car back is a good idea seeing how the last time she had it was when she was using. She only had the car for about 3 or 4 months before my parents took it away from her due to her habits, but I still think that it could trigger her to relapse. I should probably mention that she is VERY bipolar which is the reason for her drug abuse in the first place. Should I try to trade in her car for something of the same value just to be safe? (The car is of no importance to her besides a means of transportation so she wouldn’t care.) Or would this be pointless? The car is a 99 nissan altima with 100+ miles and my dad just put about $1000 in it to fix it up to pass inspection. We don’t have much money to spend for a trade in. So to sum it up, should we trade it in to decrease the likelihood of relapse or would it be pointless?
I just want to add that 1: she needs a car to get to the clinic and all her doctors appointments, 2: methadone is truly the only thing that has helped her and i hate when people judge her for being on it when they don’t know how much it has helped her, and 3: she goes to group meetings all the time and she is born-again. I should have mentioned this before..sorry
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She is on Methadone which seems to diminish her cravings for drugs, and she just gave birth on October 8th, 2008. My parents and I are doing everything possible to help her out, and are getting her old car registered again so that she can commute from her program to our house (which is about a 40 minute drive) so we can see our new addition to the family =] . Anyway, I am wondering if her having her old car back is a good idea seeing how the last time she had it was when she was using. She only had the car for about 3 or 4 months before my parents took it away from her due to her habits, but I still think that it could trigger her to relapse. I should probably mention that she is VERY bipolar which is the reason for her drug abuse in the first place. Should I try to trade in her car for something of the same value just to be safe? (The car is of no importance to her besides a means of transportation so she wouldn’t care.) Or would this be pointless? The car is a 99 nissan altima with 100+ miles and my dad just put about $1000 in it to fix it up to pass inspection. We don’t have much money to spend for a trade in. So to sum it up, should we trade it in to decrease the likelihood of relapse or would it be pointless?
I just want to add that 1: she needs a car to get to the clinic and all her doctors appointments, 2: methadone is truly the only thing that has helped her and i hate when people judge her for being on it when they don’t know how much it has helped her, and 3: she goes to group meetings all the time and she is born-again. I should have mentioned this before..sorry
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#1. February 2nd, 2009, at 9:41 PM.
Check to see if her program offers counseling to family members.