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Confused by rehab orders
My girlfriend is in rehab for cocaine abuse and during one of my weekly calls she told me that her counsellor thought it was best if we broke up, cuz recovering addicts need at least a year to focus on themselves without distractions caused by relationship issues. She's in the USA and I'm in the Caribbean..so it's very tough, it's especially hard since I was the one who got her to stop using and to seek help from a reputable rehab clinic. She's getting really homesick, thinking of her life back home, and her counsellor thinks with me out of the way she'll be better...but her family is here as well, so I don't see why I have to go. I've supported her throughout her stay there, sent her care packages and other stuff that she needed....now she tells me that her counsellor says that she has to break it off...I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around it. I'm not the bad guy here but it seems like I'm being punished....I was willing to do anything to help her to get better, little did I know it meant sacrificing our relationship. I read one of the posts earlier ( from 'smoke gets in my eyes' ) and it said that counsellors sometimes advise against starting new relationships[quote][quote]..I can understand that....but to destroy a positive, supportive relationship??..maybe I'm being selfish but I don't agree with that. She's torn up over the idea of us ending but her counsellors have helped her a great deal and she is terrified but determined to follow their instructions to a 'T'.....
I've been to several counselling sessions with her before she went to rehab and the counsellors told her family that she was lucky to have a guy like me who truly loved her for who she is and was genuinely supportive.....this makes me wonder if the counsellors at her chosen rehab centre are just 'following a set rule' to terminate relationships.
I'm supposed to have a talk with her counsellor over the phone so maybe things will work out for the best.
I don't mind the waiting cuz I'l lbe getting back the woman I love and she'll be on a new journey through life... I just thought that I'd be the one standing next to her along the way....
Any advice on what I should do ?? should I just let go or fight for the woman I love?
I've been to several counselling sessions with her before she went to rehab and the counsellors told her family that she was lucky to have a guy like me who truly loved her for who she is and was genuinely supportive.....this makes me wonder if the counsellors at her chosen rehab centre are just 'following a set rule' to terminate relationships.
I'm supposed to have a talk with her counsellor over the phone so maybe things will work out for the best.
I don't mind the waiting cuz I'l lbe getting back the woman I love and she'll be on a new journey through life... I just thought that I'd be the one standing next to her along the way....
Any advice on what I should do ?? should I just let go or fight for the woman I love?
Cocaine addiction
Coke, more commonly known as cocaine, is a highly addictive stimulant which instantly affects the brain after introducing it to the body.
The effects of this drug are extremely pleasurable and give a false sense of euphoria. Like caffeine, coke makes the user feel awake, and energized.
Cocaine addicts usually experience a sense of well being and feel ‘powerful’, combined with restlessness and anxiety. When the effects of cocaine wear off the user will ‘crash’, become depressed, and crave another ‘hit’ or ‘wack’.
