I am not sure if I ever told any of you about my sister and her story about her addiction problem to prescription drugs. She does not have an issue with it anymore, but, there was a time when she did and it was the worst and scariest time ever.
Not only did my sister have an addiction, but so did my brother. It is a horrible, scary, and terrifying time for ANY person to go through or witness.
I do not wish it upon ANYONE. I will not go into details as this is NOT my story to tell, it is my sister’s story.
But, if you or someone you know suffers from an addiction, of any sort, please, know that there IS help out there! You are NOT alone!! People DO care about you and LOVE you so much!!!
The turning point for my sister was when she was going somewhere with her family. Her husband was driving and she was in the back seat with her children.
Her husband said he looked back in the rearview mirror and saw my sister seizing and her eyes were rolling back in her head.
He thought she was acting silly (because she is ALWAYS doing something like that to be silly) and when he figured out she was NOT acting, he sped as fast as he could to the fire department which was only about 2 minutes away.
When they got there, they pulled my sister out of the car and she was not moving or breathing!! They got her to breathe again and then rushed her to the hospital where later she was admitted to the mental ward where she would fully recover.
It was SO scary and something that definitely scared the living crap out of my sister too, thank God. Thank the Lord above for watching over her, protecting her, and allowing her to be okay!
Her children and husband were so shaken up as you can imagine! Seeing your wife and mommy like that? Oh my goodness 🙁
She has since realized that she DID have a huge problem and she got better. It was a long process but she is definitely MUCH better now and I have my sissy back again!!
We have so much fun together and are so much alike, I am so glad that she received the help she needed to overcome her prescription drug addiction. It could have been fatal.
Since the whole addiction thing cuts pretty deep, I really wanted to share with you all, a great resource. There is help if you look!!! It is SO important to get help and SUPPORT.
Chris says
This is terrible.
Lily Kwan says
Thank for you speaking up about the resources that are available to help people recover from addiction and for sharing your experience with your sister’s struggle dealing with it.
Chris says
Addiction can be so terrible.
Kathy Pease says
Thank you for sharing Kim. We went through heroin addiction with my oldest daughter who would have been 30 in February. Addiction is a horrible BITCH that tears up the addict and all the people around that love them..It is important for people to know there is help out there and you can turn things around.You can be very proud of your sister because it is a very hard road back.
Birdiebee says
Wow, your sister is so lucky that she is alive and that she is getting the needed help for her addiction. I lost a cousin to her alcohol addiction which was so sad because she had been to rehab 3 times before she died and the family thought that the last time she was on the road to recovery.
Amanda Fuscone says
This is such a sad thing.
Leela says
That is so scary.
Kimberly Schotz says
We have a family member who has a problem with addiction. Thank you for sharing your families story.
Heidi B says
Thanks for sharing and bringing awareness to this issue.
Ashley Bree Perez says
Thank you God!!!! Miracles do happen!
Deborah Dorris says
Have had friends that did not understand fully about addiction until it happened to them in their families. And it is very sad that many do not know how to handle it or what to do. I, myself am an alcoholic, and it was knowledge and understanding from AA that I shared with friends about AA and NA and support groups for them to get help.
kevin little says
I like it really to the heart, we as a society dont hear about all the problems, every day the fight
goes on about addiction.