addict

How to help an addict who refuses treatment

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Thu, 07/31/2008 - 12:56

"Tina" writes that her boyfriend is 6'1", 133 lbs, "and so addicted to vomiting that he suffers from potential heart failure and has lost quite a few of his teeth.

I've begged 'Farley' to get help, but he'd rather give me up than attend even one 12 Step meeting."


 

That oft-asked question: Am I an addict?

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Thu, 07/24/2008 - 12:26

"Freda" writes us saying she likes beer, smokes some pot almost every day, sometimes a little crystal or cocaine.

"Never tried any of the opiates," she goes on, "and go on the wagon every year just to prove I can. When you talk about addicts, do you mean me?"