I love my family and would give up my own life to save one of them. If my sacrifice extends their life by only one day and ends my own , I would still give part of myself to them. Family is family and my love for them is unconditional. My family has been disappointed in me from time to time and their own actions have been disappointing to me but I would die today to save one of them. I'm very disappointed and ashamed to admit my family member is a junkie. She knows better and that addiction destroys family. A girl I helped raise is tempting fate each time she shoots drugs. It's like Russian Roulette with a single bullet, each time she shoots up the gun clicks revealing an empty chamber. Eventually she will get to the bullet and the results will be deadly. She's killing herself and we can't save her until she's willing to save herself. Addiction is a disease, the same as my type 2 diabetes is a disease. Both were inadvertently caused by bad decisions but I was predisposed by genetics to develop diabetes if the conditions were right. The conditions must have been optimum because I waited too long to make changes to my diet and lifestyle. Regardless how much weight I lose and how controlled my diet is, I will still be a diabetic. Even if my numbers stay normal I still need to be cautious.
On the other hand I don't think my loved one was predisposed to become a heroin addict. I'm ashamed of her disease and the person she has become because of the addiction. I will continue to help fight for her life and get the girl we love back. She needs to fight for own her life and face whatever fallout her disease has caused. I'm frightened she might get a disease or be sexually assaulted while she's using heroin. What if she shares a syringe with her husband or someone else? Will she end up with HIV or Hepatitis C? What if she's raped while under the influence? What if she ends up in jail or prison? The city's work house? Heroin addiction makes all of these things real possibilities.
What if she buys bad dope or overdoses? The consequences of Heroin Addiction are very real and life threatening. It might not get her today or even next week but eventually she will get to that loaded chamber and bang she's dead.
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