Generally, after using heroin, you can’t find it in yourself to look at your reflection. The effects you feel from heroin are enough to keep you using the substance, but a part of you feels too guilty to look yourself in the eyes. However, one day, you accidentally...
The first time you see the tiny red dot on your son’s arm, you don’t think that much of it. You assume he gave blood or had his blood drawn. It doesn’t go away the same way most needle pricks do, though. Instead, it darkens, and then your son starts wearing long...
After you watched your parents take cocaine growing up, it didn’t seem like a big deal to start using it yourself once you reached adulthood.Over the years, you had used it often enough that you had built up a tolerance to cocaine. So, you decided to increase your...
After a busy work day, you tell yourself you deserve several glasses of your favorite alcohol at home. However, when you wake up the following morning for work, you realize your body is so sore it is painful. You wonder why you feel body pain after drinking alcohol,...
You wake up one morning and see the areas of your eyes that are usually white have turned a pale yellow. You are also not feeling well, as you have noticed your stomach aching, and the thermometer reads that you have a fever. After deciding to schedule an appointment...
Your friend invites you to a bar with friends in Greenland, NH, and you eagerly agree to show up. You consider yourself to be a social drinker because you have found drinking with others is more appealing than drinking alone. However, you feel it would be best to have...
You’ve been using heroin for several years now. While you first enjoyed it, it eventually left you feeling alone with no one to turn to. Your mother had just turned you away with tears in her eyes after you asked her for money to buy more heroin. You’ve considered...
Alice has been married to David for 5 years. She knew that David loved to drink. It was his way of cooling off after a week at work. The problem is that David didn’t always come home after a night of drinking. When he would, he would sometimes hit her. She knew that...
Pat recently discovered that her husband has been using heroin. Concerned, she began to research how she should approach him. The last thing Pat wanted was to scare him away. She knew that he also would have to work alongside his treatment. She has always loved him,...
You notice your buddy has been acting differently lately. He has been tired all the time, often falling asleep standing up, and you can see he has lost quite a bit of weight. To you, he seems like he started using heroin. You look for all the signs, but you don’t see...
