How can I help this heroin addict?
Question by whtesox4: How can I help this heroin addict?
Alright, so at my school, in my history class, there is a kid addicted to heroin – we’ll call him joe. we’re juniors in high school and to my knowledge he has been addicted maybe for 6 months now. back when this started, he was doing the drug with one of my close friends, who we’ll call john, every day. however, just 2 months ago, john went to rehab and missed about a month of school. he’s back and completely healthy – however, joe never went to rehab and is still snorting the drug every day by himself.
lately, joe’s addiction has been getting progressively – and visibly – worse. he walks into class every day with red, flushed skin and glassy eyes. during class, joe floats in and out of falling asleep, hunched over in his desk. when he wakes up, he starts breathing loudly and itches all over. last class is the worst i have ever seen him. during prayer and the pledge of allegiance, he said every line about 2-3 seconds late and often made weird comments. he even took out his wallet and found more of the powder and licked it off his finger during class.
john, his buddy that used to do heroin with him but is now clean, pretty much feels no sympathy for joe. this is because joe is currently what is called an ‘out-patient’ at a rehab clinic, which is when a patient goes 2-3 times a week to get clean (john was an in-patient, which is why he was out of school for a month). to be an out patient, you need to want to stop – and joe apparently doesn’t. his addiction is getting worse and worse.
honestly, this whole situation simply scares the hell out of me. i am legitimately afraid that one day joe will be gone for good. it’s ruining his life, his family’s, and our class (our teacher is one of the coolest teachers i’ve ever had – but its hard to have fun when there’s a kid tripping really hard in the corner). is there anything that i can do? has anyone been in this type of situation before? please help before its too late…
Best answer:
Answer by Joe G
Break his nose!
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