Can you spot a Crystal Meth fiend ?

another great article, please post to reaching out and medical breakthroughs and support group.

Thanks for the info. You are also welcome to publish to Breakfast Club.

As screwed up as my life was when I was in my teens it is a wonder I didn't become a junkie. I guess I acted dopey enough, didn't need drugs to make me dopier.

The long term effects of this drug are worse than any I have seen.
The short term effects can ruin someone's life.
Use of this drug is so wide spread it isn't funny.
Educate the children in your lives when they are old enough.
Use of this drug has to stop now.

Very informative!

I am amazed at the lengths people will go to try to self-medicate. To inflict this kind of punishment on yourself to escape mental pain or insecurities is an atrocity.

you people are a joke. I've done it everyday for 25 years and and now my brain has learned not to produce dopamine. If I didn't take it, I would just sit around. I would not care about my appearance, and probably get fat trying to eat myself into feeling something good. What a bunch of fake comments. You people think it's just an outrage. How could anyone..?Everyone does! Some people take it in forms of food, shopping, gambling, alcohol, work, religion, working-out, etc.
Personally, I can testify, without a doubt, that there is an unbelievable section of society(soccer moms,doctors,lawyers,and many, many people working blue collar)who are closet crankers. Some even have been able to hide it from their friends and family (and spouses)for years. After years of use, a person either dies or endsup in jail-true. Or, a person learns how to eat, sleep, and be merry. Wake up..or, better yet....go back to sleep, look the other way and feel so much better than us. P.S. If I had a choice, I wouldn't have ever tried it. That's not reality, though.

you people are a joke. I've done it everyday for 25 years and and now my brain has learned not to produce dopamine. If I didn't take it, I would just sit around. I would not care about my appearance, and probably get fat trying to eat myself into feeling something good. What a bunch of fake comments. You people think it's just an outrage. How could anyone..?Everyone does! Some people take it in forms of food, shopping, gambling, alcohol, work, religion, working-out, etc.
Personally, I can testify, without a doubt, that there is an unbelievable section of society(soccer moms,doctors,lawyers,and many, many people working blue collar)who are closet crankers. Some even have been able to hide it from their friends and family (and spouses)for years. After years of use, a person either dies or endsup in jail-true. Or, a person learns how to eat, sleep, and be merry. Wake up..or, better yet....go back to sleep, look the other way and feel so much better than us. P.S. If I had a choice, I wouldn't have ever tried it. That's not reality, though>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


James M,
Just because you have been doing it for 25 years does not mean you cannot stop. You would probably have to take anti-depressants YES. From what I have found in my research, it has not been proven to halt dopamine production long term YET. But that was what I last read, Have you any new information to refer me to?? Seriously I would welcome it. I work with addicts weekly.

I don't think it's an outrage....nope, not even close.
I think I am tired of seeing people screwed up, tired of seeing people's lives ruined and tired of seeing children abandoned because of a CHOICE to stop or start this dangerous drug.

You are 100% correct on the closet crankers thing. Sadly, it's everywhere. Not only blue collar either.

Yes, there are drug addictions everywhere of all different types. Pills , alcohol and many other forms of serious addictions.

I have seen many quit Meth LONG TERM after YEARS of use. It can happen.
Yes, it would not be easy at first. It can be done. Don't give up hope. If you have the desire, you are able.

I know someone who was once a lovely person. She is younger than I am and I saw her after a year or so when she became and addict and I was shocked by her appearance and behavior. She looked like she'd been in a concentration camp and was skeletal. Her front teeth had fallen out. She was jumping out of her skin and couldn't be still. Also, she was screwing any man she could. It was sick. I am glad I no longer have to run into her (I moved). I wonder how long she'll be alive.

It ages you very quickly. It is very wide spread also. I have seen both thin & fat, young & old, men & women to teens.
I also know someone who died from the damage this drug did to their internal organs. It's no joke & it needs to be stopped. It's poison.

Meth is toxic to dopamine synapses and their associated nerve cells in the brain. Long-term abuse of meth causes dopamine nerve axons to eventually wither and die. When these synaptic nerve endings die, they are gone for good. The abuser's emotions, pains, and pleasures will be permanently and irreversibly altered. The meth user's world becomes one notch grayer, and events seem one notch duller.



http://www.montana.edu/wwwai/imsd/rezmeth/transmit.htm

Man I was in the grocery about a month ago and saw this girl I used to dat. One of the things that made her so attractive was her smile. I went to say hi and she opened her mouth. All her teeth were rotting out and I knew exactly what was up. She had ruined herself with meth. I have several other friends who have gone and messed themselves up bad. It is like talking to someone completely different and alien. It changes their attitude, demeanor and creates something I want no part of.

Oh and you know the transformers that are on the top of the telephone poles? Old skool meth manufacturers shoot holes in them and get the alkalide stuff from the inside. Anyone who would put that stuff in their body is crazy as hell and in some ways I feel no sympathy for them.

If I didn't take it, I would just sit around. I would not care about my appearance, and probably get fat trying to eat myself into feeling something good. What a bunch of fake comments. You people think it's just an outrage. How could anyone..?....................

James,
No excuses.
If you know how bad meth is for you. Why not stop now and halt the damage?

Its not hopeless.

If your body produced no dopamine you couldnt make it to get more meth. When you are ready to face the challenge, I hope some of your dopamine receptors are still left.

I dont wish this addiction on anyone. I dont knock the fact it is very hard for an addict to stop. While your still alive man, do something, stop, make a move. If you care about anyone in this world, stop for them if you cant stop for yourself.

Peace.

Chris

Addiction sucks, and recovery sucks harder and those of you who cant possibly understand should not judge!

Unfortunately there are too many of us that had good friends once that just disappeared from our lives because of this stuff. It's sad....

This entire discussion makes me so sad! I can remember the different trends of drugs that our generation used for recreational purposes. The worst of the drug addictions was heroine. The guys coming back from viet nam .. a lot of them messed up. Weed was most common. Cocaine for those who could afford it. Then crack. But this meth... can be made by anyone. It would break my heart to see one of my kids messed up from something like this.

Why are we such an addictive society?

Debra,
This drug has been around for some time in one form or another. Hilter actually took a form a speed and encouraged its use in his Nazi troops.(Sick)

I think the form this drug has taken for the last 25-20 years now is its most dangerous and destructive.

I think addiction to anything depends on the type of person.

I could never be addicted to anything.

No matter how "good" something would make me feel initially. I like to be in control of my actions. It's just too dangerous to do many drugs out there today.

My father died of a heart attack at age 35, due to use of cocaine. Heart failure runs in the family so he would have been at risk later in life. But to have someone you love, at the young age of 35 years old.......Let's just say the loss effected my views on illegal drugs. I decided to do something good with my knowledge on just how dangerous drugs can be. If I can stop one person from trying this drug I will have made a difference.

Thanks for reading & posting everyone.

John S.
You are so right about this.

Addiction sucks, and recovery sucks harder and those of you who cant possibly understand should not judge! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Kim M,
I posted this article because I do understand. I have seen both addiction and recovery in my own family and one of my friends. Not to mention the many addicts I have worked with.

Thanks for posting.

Joy
I have seen it as well - and lived it. I thank god, have never tried meth - but coke was a good friend of mine and my husbands, along with booze. We have tried to stop smoking butts too many times to count, and have failed. I have seen what this has done to friends and my family, I have a long story and not much time right now, but I will post it soon, I think its time to get it out there, and hopefully move on or atleast grow a little more!