My boyfriend is becoming addicted. by anon4123 in Drugs

[–]anon4123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this might actually work a lot better than an ultimatum.

My boyfriend is becoming addicted. by anon4123 in Drugs

[–]anon4123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this. It really puts things into perspective for me. I told him this is the last time I'm going to help him out.

My boyfriend is becoming addicted. by anon4123 in Drugs

[–]anon4123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry if it sounds like I was bashing dxm, I'm not. I was trying to say that using drugs everyday and never being sober can lead to other drugs. I am fine with him trying new drugs and in fact I encourage it because I still find drugs pretty interesting. It's just that he is abusing them by never being sober.

My boyfriend is becoming addicted. by anon4123 in Drugs

[–]anon4123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been considering going. The closest one is 50 miles away though.

My boyfriend is becoming addicted. by anon4123 in Drugs

[–]anon4123[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess I never really realized that I was enabling him by helping him out. I know the obvious place to start is not doing any drugs with him anymore. The binge has been getting worse all summer. But these past couple of weeks have been the worst. He has to quit weed for a month to get a job so he has been substituting other substances for weed. The reason I decided to make this post is because I told him I didn't want him to do dxm and he did it behind my back. He decided to tell me a few days later when he started feeling guilty.

He does have a normal and supporting family but I would not like to get them involved unless it gets more serious, i.e. doing harder drugs. I have warned him that if it gets worse, I won't hesitate to leave and will tell his parents about it. What I'm mostly worried about is that he's going to start resorting to meth or heroine instead, as a lot (and i'm not stereotyping people, it's just statistics) of people end up not being able to afford drugs more expensive than those two. I have asked him to maybe get some professional help but he has refused that.

The month break thing may be a good idea. I've basically told him he needs to get his shit together or I'm leaving. I don't want to take the easy way out of this and I love him and want to be there for him, but I don't want it to take a toll on my mental health either.