He is addicted to crack cocaine (which is one of the hardest addictions to stop).  Untop of that he uses oxycodon and alcohol. He was in an in-house program in 0/8. He relapsed after he was released from this 2 week program, which was obviously not long enough for his issues. It was one year to the date his relapse occurred. It has affected the whole family, myself and the kids, who he has been with for 11 years. He lost a good paying job due to this addiction. He has had to move out of our home, and is staying with his brother who gave him shelter (he spent many nights and days walking the streets or sleeping under a bridge or sleeping in the park behind our home, (I was told this by police that had come to our home, when he tried to break in one night while he was high.

He stole my son (his stepsons) expensive guitar to get money for his habit.

His life, our life are being destroyed from his habit. Most of his family has disowned him, stating they tried to help, but can no longer do it, without him wanting to do something about it himself. His brother will be kicking him out next week and he told me his spouse will no longer welcome him. He once again will walk the streets with nowhere to go.

With his money gone, the dealer won’t want him around nor will his family including his step kids and myself. He has no money to pay for help, he can’t borrow, he is in debt due to his ongoing addiction to crack cocaine, oxy’s and alcohol.

I say goodbye to who used to be a good man; a waste of a life due to drugs. He will die a lonely death if he continues, and then I will hear a knock on my door to go identify him.

Stoad