REAL STORIES
"With chronic use, tolerance for meth can develop. In an effort to intensify the desired effects, users may take higher doses of the drug, take it more frequently, or change their method of drug intake."
National Drug Intelligence Center, U.S. Dept. of Justice
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Location: Boise, Idaho
I knew that meth was bad, my parents had done it my whole life, and my dad was and still is serving a ten year prison sentence for trafficking meth. I have never done it myself but I had grown up around it and I knew what it did to people. Then when I was 18 I met and fell in love with a 25 year old man that I worked with me. Even though I knew that he had been addicted to meth I still thought he was a great guy. After I turned 19 we found out that I was pregnant. I moved in with him and everything was going great. I started college and he continued to work. Then we became broke and he said that he had a second job and thatıs why he wasn't home that much anymore. Me knowing the signs I knew what he really meant by that. He started using very heavily and it scared me so bad. I moved out and we talked now and then and I always gave him money, even though I knew what he was doing with it. I was 6 months pregnant when I got the phone call. He had a heart attack and now I'm raising our baby on my own because he is too sick and weak to help. Even though I have never done meth it has changed my life so much.
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