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I’m sure you would agree with me in me saying drugs are bad, but I’ve made some pretty bad mistakes and I think I may be addicted. For a few months, I’ll say about 7; I’ve been using prescription drugs like hydrocodone and oxycodone. Sometimes I eat them, sometimes I snort them. A friend of mine warned me about addiction, and I’m a little worried that I could be. I’m pretty much an everyday user, and even in school, friends and even teachers tell me I should cool it. I take more and more each time, and when I didn’t have my “fix” I felt horribly sick…I didn’t even wanna go to school. [Usually, I’m pretty good about school, since I got caught skipping it.] I’ve noticed odd symptoms like nausea, headaches, nosebleeds, dizziness, blurred vision, irritability, irrational thoughts, stomach pain…and a lot more. I just don’t want to tell my mom about it, because I told her I’ve been sober since summer. And my brother knows about it, because he uses too, but since I’m younger than him, I’m afraid he’d nark on me or something. My mom doesn’t care when he comes home high, only because he’s an adult. I’m 16 and a girl, so she doesn’t like me doing it, also because of my little sister. I’ve tried to stop, and I did for a long time, but I always get back into it. A friend of mine also told me I was going through withdrawal [when I mentioned sickness]…could I possibly be addicted to opiates?

Your abusing presciption drugs. And my answer to this is ,that this pretty serious, well obviously, but doing this could seriously harm you or even kill you. All those symptoms you listed are all the results that you get from using drugs. You say your mom doesn't care that your brother is using it because he's older, well she should care, even if he is older. She should care for her children, for all of you. Maybe your mother isn't the best person to seek for help, even if you wanted her to be.
You have a problem if your craving and using a drug even if it's causing trouble for you. The cause of drug abuse can be, with work or school, or with your relations with family and friends. Your family and friends can start to notice if they see changes in your behavior. If you really want to break the addiction, you can only do that is if YOU really want to commit to it. Seek a doctor, and talk to your friends about it. You seem pretty concerned for yourself and I think you can break the addiction. Take a look at these websites too, I hope I helped! http://www.na.org/ and this. http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/

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(Rating: 5) well she does care...but she can't really do anything about it. he's stubborn and won't listen to her...but with me? i actually care about my health and idk why i even started. thanks muchhh

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