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Meth Stories is a meth education and meth information website with video and slideshow stories told by meth users. These stories highlight the overall dangers of meth including the effects of meth, signs of meth use, meth side effects and crystal meth symptoms. Meet people in recovery from methamphetamine addiction who got well from meth treatment.
Jennifer, a mother of two girls, began her methamphetamine abuse when she was first married. She spent time with meth users and didn't know the dangers of meth - she even liked the meth effects. It didn't take long for her to develop a methamphetamine addiction. Although Jennifer experienced terrible meth side effects she didn't seek meth treatment for a long time - her methamphetamine addiction was too strong. Once she finally realized she could lose her daughters, she sought meth treatment.
Todd initially went into meth treatment recovery to get the courts off his back - but he finally realized that his methamphetamine addiction was hurting the people he loved. After meth treatment he feared he would see the same meth users and he would crave the effects of meth and once again become a meth addict. Todd now believes that getting treatment for a crystal meth addiction is the smartest thing a meth addict can do.
Meth gave Paul a "false impression." He liked the effects of meth, not knowing that his methamphetamine addiction would turn his life upside-down. The crystal meth symptoms made Paul think he was on top of the world, when it really left him homeless. His meth addiction kept him on the streets and involved him in a robbery with another meth addict. Now Paul understands the dangers of meth and if he hadn't been caught that night, his methamphetamine abuse could have eventually got him killed. Now his goal is to reach out to kids and provide them with meth information to keep them away from meth addictions.
Sara allowed A&E to film her struggle with her methamphetamine addiction. Despite her pleading parents, Sara refused to seek meth treatment to help with her problem. Although she was a meth addict who had temporarily lost custody of her daughter, the negative effects of meth weren't enough to stop her. When Sara's parents noticed the signs of meth use in their house, they knew they had to take action. They held an intervention and convinced Sara that her methamphetamine addiction was out of control, and she finally accepted meth treatment.
Methamphetamine abuse had take over Charlotte's life - she craved the effects of meth, and before she knew it, Charlotte was a meth addict. The side effects of meth caused her to lose a lot of weight and stay up for days and nights at a time. . She began to run out of money to to support her methamphetamine addiction, so she started pawning valuables from her house and taking money from her kids' piggy banks. She finally realized the dangers of crystal meth and the terrible toll it was taking and took it upon herself to get better for her children and stop being a meth user.