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DH taking Heroin

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changedname999 · 22/03/2014 19:06

Came home last night to find my DH so sound asleep that I couldn't wake him up. I checked his pockets and found a used needle. He has a history of drug taking and has been to rehab once a long time ago. This is the first time I have found him with anything for a long time but the use of a needle would suggest that he has probably been smoking it secretly for a while.

I dont really know what to do because I know he wont leave the house if I ask him to leave and I have two children and I don't want to leave as they are at nursery and established here and If I left I would have to go back to my mums and disrupt their lives and I don't see why I should leave when ive done nothing wrong.

Im really just looking for some advice and some experience of this. Should I just leave anyway? I want to tell his brother about it but I don't want to put the worry and burden onto him and his family. I thought maybe I would say that unless I see him actively seeking help through AA then I will tell his family. Im not sure though. His family will be devastated at the news.

He is still in bed right now I haven't spoken to him about any of this yet.

OP posts:
lijaco · 30/03/2014 02:08

Heroin addiction is very hard to break because of the physical dependency. Most never come off it. After getting clean the intense emotional craving can last for more than 32 weeks. It is alosing battle. Methodone almost impossible to get off its fuel to the fire. Children must be protected first and yourself. He has to get help for himself addiction is an illness and is a terrible disease. Taking drugs is a sympton of the Illness. You need to seek help and ad advice for yourself. He needs to get help for himself. You need to detatch yourself and protect yourself. Its living hell

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