Consequences of Addiction

[TeaCake67]

*****Warning this will be the brutal consequenes so if can't handle close immediately******

On Saturday, June 27th @ approximately noon time, we received a call from my brother that his son-in-law was killed in a one vehicle accident between 9am-9:30am saturday morning.

My nieces husband was a very active addict and was lost in his addiction ... around 4am he tried to kill my niece by running her down/over with his truck along with another individual, he had been physically abusing my niece for at least the last year of their 3+ yr marriage.

He was still out in active addiction and riding his new motorcycle @ 120mph, with a liquid drug in hand, no helmet and hit a guard rail splitting him in half ... his face was unidentiviable but his brother had to do the identification as my niece was in no way capable.

This has been a complete shock and too close to home for my family, but unfortunately is a reality of the disease of addiction.

For those who are

*married to an abusive addict ... get help for yourself or the consequences could be your death (reality)
*Parents of an addict ... stop the enabling/helping so they hit bottom and keep praying they find recovery before this is their ending.

I was fortunate to have left my first abusive addict before the consequences became my death or my son's and today my x has made a life in prison. My son knows the danger and is seeing his own financial consequences because of his choices ... b/c of Nar-Anon/NA I won't enable/help and he knows it. My 2nd husband was near deaths door when I chose to say enough is enough and he found his way into NA 4 yrs ago after 5 rehab centers to keep the family off his back ... only works if they want it for them not us. My brother is still active and I've chose to cut him out of my life as well as I had my niece/nephew in-law ... they are not my responsibility today ... all I can do is pray for them and take care of me.

My niece is a widow at the age of 23yo ... gratefully no children for her to raise alone.

Praying this gives some of you the courage and strength you need to make the right decisions for you and that you do not have a similar ending.

Keep praying to let go and LET GOD!!!

[lucy]

Tammy, i'm sorry for your family's loss.
Addiction is a killer. We are playing russian roullette when we use or choose to be around using addicts. when children are involved its not just our life we are playing with, their lives are at stake too