u/snakey14snaeko

Lifelong addict. Hard drugs, has ODed in the past. Been to rehab. Multiple relapses.

I'll try to give a rough timeline of the events.

Was "clean" when we met. From the heavy stuff, that is. Leaned heavily on alcohol. Gradually started smoking weed again as well.

Romance happens, genuine connection happens, all that stuff.

In the span of like four months, this man goes from "drugs were bad for me", and "I'm trying to stop drinking beer as well" (didn't drink for three days) to "cocaine was so nice", "I wish I could find some pills here", and "can you help me find meth, please please pleaseee".

Other quotes of his include "Do you think we can find oxycodone in your city?", "I am only going to do meth once or twice a week", "I just need a little boost", "I won't do it every day, I swear", and "I understand the cycle now, I can control it".

At the same time, his personality started changing, and he seems way more self-centered, generally less caring, less romantically involved, and just colder.

The last installment in this series of events is that I overwhelmed him emotionally, after sensing the switch, and now he has pushed me away and is seemingly self-isolating. At least from me.

He hasn't actually relapsed on the hard stuff yet, but purely because he has no access to the drugs at the moment.

Apparently, the last time he did meth was 5/6 months ago. In the gap between then and now he's also had codeine and one random pill if Xanax.

The fuck is happening? How do these addiction curves and cycles work? What's the mechanism behind his personality shifting? Give me at least some wisdom, I'm begging.

Dating a guy with past addiction issues. He used to do hard drugs (seemingly everything under the sun), but was clean for a while, and only drinking alcohol and smoking weed occasionally, which didn't seem that bad for someone with his history.

Loving, caring, kind, wonderful person. Three months in or so, his personality starts changing. Keeps talking about needing to find drugs (doesn't have access to them where we currently live, no dealer contacts). Tries to get me to find drugs for him. Meth, oxy, literally anything else that I might be able to find. "Pleeeease", "life is so bad I just need a boost", "I won't be doing it every day, I swear".

Question. What happened, and where is the kind and lovely person I got to know. Literally. Did that person ever exist?

My other post here for more context on his addiction history: https://www.reddit.com/r/addiction/s/5brnC0bs9b

Hello everyone. I desperately need help understanding a situation I'm in with an addict friend, yet I'm completely out of my depth. I have no history of substance use, and my knowledge of what addiction looks like and how certain drugs affect people is limited to exaggerated cultural stereotypes. I need people who actually understand substance use to help me figure out what I'm dealing with.

I have a friend who has been an addict for most of his life. I met him when he was supposedly clean for a period of time.

He has a long history of hard drugs (since early teens), an OD resulting from mixing things that shouldn't be mixed, according to him... a voluntary admission to a rehab two years ago, and another relapse after that.

When I met him, he insisted that being clean from drugs is good for him, and that he's glad he's not using anymore. The only substance he consumed on the regular at the time was alcohol. The amount was problematic, and he wanted to quit, but life was too stressful to stop at that time.

Slowly weed got added to that as well.

For extra context, this person is a recent immigrant in my country, and I'm a local. His country is known for easy access to all sorts of street drugs, while in mine things are a bit more tightly regulated. So his ability to access drugs here is more limited, both because drugs are less omnipresent here, as well as due to the fact that there is a language barrier that makes navigating things harder for him.

For a couple of weeks now, his attitude and general personality have changed pretty drastically. He has made multiple requests for me to help him find drugs locally.

He has asked me to find a way for him to get meth here. Apparently the last time he did meth was 5/6 months ago, back in his home country.

He insists that he "just needs a boost" and that he "isn't going to use daily", and is convinced that he can keep it under control.

He has also asked about opioids (oxycodone specifically). I know that he has had codeine three months ago or so, that he had smuggled in from his home country. I am clueless and I have no idea what to do. I care about this person.

Hello everyone. Does anyone know anything about the state of drug rehabs in Armenia, organisations like NA, AA, or any other local resources that might help someone struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, or trying to remain clean?

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He speaks Farsi and English, but is a fast learner, great with people, and overall a very reliable person.

I'm talking jobs like... line cook, waiter, hospitality staff, or anything else along those lines.

He has restaurant experience.

He used to work as a tattoo artist back in Iran.

And he also has car repair skills and is a great driver.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Բարև բոլորին։ I'm Armenian, and my Persian friend, who's an incredibly hardworking and dedicated person, is having a hard time finding a job here. Does anyone have any idea where I could direct him?

He speaks Farsi and English, but is a fast learner, great with people, and overall a very reliable person.

I'm talking jobs like... line cook, waiter, hospitality staff, or anything else along those lines.

He has restaurant experience.

He used to work as a tattoo artist back in Iran.

And he also has car repair skills and is a great driver.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Նախապես շնորհակալություն։