How Do I Help My Loved One Who is Addicted?
Every Parent's Worst Nightmare By David Louis, MA CAADC CCS Newspaper Article Describing My Arrest Here I was, the summer of 2000, sitting in a jail cell of the Mahoning County Jail, in a drug induced psychosis because I overdosed on LSD, facing a felony, and my parents, hearing the news, were on their way. What they saw on the other side of the glass must have horrified them. Their own son with a blank stare, dressed in an orange jump suit with his mind ravaged by the massive amounts of illicit drugs he ingested. It was every parent's worst nightmare: their son's addiction has reached a breaking point and they don't know where to turn. If this is you, there is hope, and I am the living proof. But if it wasn't for the love and help of my parents, I would not have recieved the help that I needed. Let's talk about some of the things my parents did for me and how you can help your loved one trapped in addiction. They Never Gave in to Shame, Guilt or ...