Hope for Mothers

Mother and daughter

“How could she use drugs? Look what a beautiful child she has….. How could someone choose drugs over their own baby? Shouldn’t her child be enough to get her sober? These are just a few questions and comments people make when the topic is brought up of a mother who is also a drug addict.

“I was this mother. I was a drug addict. The one who has to get high just to be a mom. The one who has to get high just to get out of bed. The one who others just “don’t understand.”

“Some addicts will say ’if I had a child I wouldn’t use!’ The mother who uses drugs knows that’s not true. Addiction doesn't discriminate, it effects all people; even mothers.

“The mother justifies her every move constantly day in and day out, lost alone in the sea of addiction. She individuates as much as possible from family, friends, playdates, and social gatherings. Slowly justifying her lack of presence in order to protect herself from being caught, she says ‘drugs make me a better mother’ or ’being a mom is fun when I’m high.’ The lies start there and continue. The end result is a crying baby and a mother who is so dope sick she can’t bring herself to take care of him. She feels she cannot go get help because her child will be someone else’s burden, so she continues. She continues to pretend everything will be OK when deep down she’s drowning in her addiction.

“There is hope, there is light at the end of the tunnel and you can get help. Please don’t feel like you’re the only one. You can get out before it’s too late.

“For those of you who know a mother in need of help, read the signs before it’s too late. Children have only one mother and one father and for a child to lose a parent to addiction, they are bound to have a lifetime of hurt.

“A mother uses drugs to avoid problems, hurt, pain, and some underlying issue. She may not even know why she uses at first and after becoming addicted, using is no longer a choice but survival. This does not mean she doesn’t love her children. This does not mean she is a terrible person who deserves to be thrown to the end of the earth and forgotten about. She needs help. She needs hope.

“Too many believe the junkie mother deserves to have her children taken away and thrown in jail for life. I was lucky. I got help. I changed. And I became the mother I was always meant to be.

“Don’t put stops on your happiness. You can have a normal life. You can get help, you can change and you can be a good mother.”

- Anonymous


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Aaron

Aaron has been writing drug education articles and documenting the success of the Narconon program for over two years.

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