He will only change when he is ready not a minute before. Remember that if nuthing else. You and your mom can admit him to a rehabilitation center(s) but if he is not ready. My father was addicted to heroin since before I was born (over 25 yrs) and has only been clean for 7 years after 6 different treatment centers local and out of state. He has relocated to try to move from the drug environment but came back. Even went to a Missionary type center in hopes for a different approach may bring a change in him. He was shot in the neck and still didn’t change, missed my graduation(s), I missed his weeding. I disowned him and didn’t speak to him for two yrs and still didn’t change. Finally, found a doctor in New Jersey that specialized in treating heroinaddicts by using a different form of chemical treatment other than the legal form (methadone). It worked after a series of 3 doses over a 9 month period but he wouldn’t go until after many attempts from everyone around him. My mother is still using and is what they label as a “poly-substance abuser” Not addicted to one drug but many. Refuses to believe she has a problem and says she can stop when she wants to but chooses not to. My dad took the first step with Aknowledgement. But lived with that for over three years before he hit bottom.

“When you leave home to go to school and walk through the doors forget where you live and who lives there. After school, do the same. This way the load on your shoulders that can often be emotionally heavy. You can’t change the way parents are and shouldn’t have to lose out on life and your future because of something and someone you can not change. Why allow their problems of addiciton hurt your desire to become what you want because it can if you let it. It doesn’t mean you do not care but that you have to be strong for yourself and your mom. If he wasn’t allowing the drug to rule his life I’m sure he would want you to be emotionally happy and level headed. Have dreams and goals aside from the dream of him getting better. Please if you can remember this, your dad isn’t your dad right now and isn’t thinking with his head. The drug is thinking for him and nothing else ers right now. Do not enable him, meaning do not allow himmake you feel guilty about his drug use by making excuses because of home or work or anything. Be firm when you tell him or your mom how it makes you feel because you don’t want to ignore his lifestyle and want him to know how you stand on the situation. Avoid when you see him in a bad mood or going through an episode. Prayers to you and your family.

These words kept my grades at A and B and from becoming a o tell me over and over,

I know you feel guilt for your drug use and drinking – let that be a lesson to you and grow up, please. You are going to have to at some point.

Purely from a child protection stand point, I work for department of health and If I learned that you were aware of his “problem” and stayed with him, I would seriously question your protective capacity.

Crack is made from cocaine in a process called freebasing, in which cocaine powder is cooked with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) to create rocks, chips, or chunks that can be smoked. The term crack refers to the crackling sound that is heard when the mixture is smoked. Crack is usually smoked in a pipe. Because it’s smoked, crack cocaine effects are felt more quickly and they are more intense than those of powder cocaine. However, the effects of smoked crack are shorter lived than the effects of snorted powder cocaine.

I think it’s best to see an alternative practitioner. Try to practice healthy and disciplined living such as eating pure foods, drinking two litres of water a day and taking up a class such as yoga. I would suggest fish oils such as Pure EPA which are good for the brain. Your body should repair itself naturally to some extent as well, but I would be inclined to seek alternative medicine.