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Age: 30
Gender: Female
Location: Idaho

My sister is a Meth addict. She is 34 and all 6 of her kids have been taken away. She had a baby at 15, met a great guy had 3 more kids, and somehow it all fell apart. She started hanging around the wrong people and we thought, just smoking pot, maybe that's where it started. She got pregnant again with a new guy and ended up getting divorced, the dad took the 4 older kids. She continued to get worse and had another baby; eventually those 2 babies ended up getting taken away and live with their dad. But not before she started using meth, we would go get the girls and there would be scary, old, dirty people there. She was letting scum live with her. The two baby girls were always with me, my older sister, our parents, or friends. She was too busy using, she would drop off the kids and we would not see her for days. The two babies were taken away by the state, and given to the dad because the older one had been molested by her mom's druggy boyfriend. (Who sometimes is still around, why he is not sitting his butt in jail is beyond me) She has been in and out of jail, on work release, in and out of rehab programs and is currently on probation. Nothing seems to work. She ended up in the hospital with heart failure, we didn't know if she was going to make it. She did and got out and used again! What will be her Rock Bottom? Death? She has permanent heart damage. She has or had been clean for a while, but now she is back to her same old stuff, won't return phone calls, avoids the family, hanging out with her old friends. She has stolen from me, lied, betrayed me, used meth with my ex-husband, and taken advantage of me & my family in any way you can imagine. I am praying she gets a grip and doesn't continue down that road. The whole family has issues with enabling her, what is the line between caring for her and enabling her? I think everyone needs to be educated about enabling addicts. I know it's tough love! She has destroyed her kids' lives, I only hope that she can stay clean and be a better example so they do not follow in her footsteps. A Sister's love is unconditional; I hope that one day my love for her will help bring her to realize what she is missing in life. I love you Sis.

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