I lost contact with my cpusin for a few years due to her being a heroin addict. Well now she is doing really well her tests are coming back clean and she is dropping her methadone down slowly.
The thing is she lost all her friends when she gave up heroin and now she is fighting very hard to get her little girl back from her mum.
So we have become very close I should probAbly mention I am a cannabis addict. So close that even though we live thirtyinute drive away she called the other day to say she had argued with her mam and her mam had stopped her seeing her little girl (all sorted now) well anyway sadly I was too late by the time I got to her she had had a hit, the first one in months.
Well there is a bit of back story the problem is we really get on and she only ended up a heroin addict because of bad luck and there wAs a time I could have ended up where she wAs. Now I have bipolar and borderline and am in the middle off a full blown depression. But me and my cousin help each other out.
The problem isy friends and family don't really like us spending time together with the exception of dh. They are concerned as I am in a bad place if she goes back to heroin she may take me with her or that I won't be able to handle it right now if we lose her again. They also keep saying horrid things like watch her in the house in case she steals anything.
Now the thing is they are being pretty judgmental if you ask me most stopped seeing her when she was a heroin addict and had no idea what she was like sure she stole but not from family and we are getting very close we have had similarly fucked up childhoods and I enjoy the time we spend together. Am I being foolish? Like my family and friends say? Or are they being a bit judgemental and saying that just cus she was a heroin addict doesn't mean she fits the stereotype.
Also we were discussing heroin the other day just out of curiosity she brought it up after she had taken a hit and I was asking a few questions and she became suspicious and made it very clear she would never get hold of some for anyone as she really regrets taking it and wouldn't do that to anyone. Basically we have become very close but my family and friends don't like it what do you think?
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Suicidal5833 · 25/02/2014 04:17
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