It's been a stressful week full of worry and tears. Anger and fear. Deception, lies and downright disrespect. My niece was missing for 70 hours after she was reported missing. My family spent many nights praying for the phone to ring but hoping it wouldn't. We found out my nieces addiction was running rampant and the extent she would go to feed it.
Prostitution and theft became her way to support her habit, i'm ashamed to admit this. But it's her shame not my own. All we can do is support and love her without enabling this behavior as she gets help. We know therapy and rehab will only work if she's willing to get clean. If she's willing to stay clean. Heroin is not a drug to mess with and once it takes hold the urge remains years after the last use.
This week was full of sleepness nights and bad dreams when we did sleep. Knotted stomaches and rapid heart beats as we waited. It's hard to see a missing person poster on Facebook but it's excruciating when you personally know the individual in the pictures or it questions your very existence. It was hard and heartbreaking. I will post more later about this. Right now my emotions are raw.
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