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: 24
Gender: Female
Location: Boise, ID
I was an I.V. meth user for about a year and half. I started snorting meth when I was 19. I left my home and my family at 21 because I was using so much I dropped out of college, and was stealing my grandparentsą wedding rings, credit cards, checks; anything I could get my hands on. My grandparents had to come home to my room looking like it was ransacked. God only knows the horrible things they thought but I didnąt care. I didnąt talk to them for weeks. Then I didnąt talk to them for a year. I left them because I didnąt care. I lost everything. My life, my sanity, self respect. I was almost killed when a boyfriend tried to shoot at the police, my family and friends had to see my arrest on the news. I looked dead. I started selling myself for meth. I would cut myself with razors, knifes, pop cans, broken CD's. I tried to kill myself by shooting up paint thinner. I didnąt care my family thought I was dead and they were trying to find me. My grandmother prayed for me every day and would look twice at anyone she saw walking hoping it was me. My little cousin would tell her "No, thatąs not her."
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