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"I thought I was still in control of my drug use, but…- I was not in control." |
"After I started I couldn't afford my own habit. I started writing hot checks to get it, and then I started to sell it." |
"I would stay up for a long period of time and I wouldn't eat. At the time I was worried about my weight and I knew [meth] would help me lose the weight, quick." |
"This wasn't supposed to happen to me. This wasn't supposed to be my life. I wasn't supposed to be this person." |
"I know women who have literally lost their minds because of meth and I was becoming one of them." |
"Within a period of a year and a half, crystal meth took me on a ride that would rip me to shreds." |
It was all too easy for Donnie, Karrie and Brandon to make the fateful choices that lead to their addiction. |
"I left my children behind because I was so hooked; I thought of nothing else but my next fix." |
"I ended up sitting in that basement for three days straight and never left the entire time." |
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 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. |
 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. |
 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. |
 Eric Stone did not know the dangers of meth until he realized he had a full-blown methamphetamine addiction. His signs of meth use apparent, his mother tried to help him, but Eric, a meth addict, didn't listen. Thrown in jail, his fellow inmates even told him that the effects of meth were taking its toll on him, and he needed to seek meth treatment. Today, Eric is dedicated to giving teens and parents important meth information to help them become aware of the hazards of methamphetamine addiction, crystal meth symptoms and where to find methamphetamine treatment. |
 Brittany liked the feeling the effects of meth gave herBut soon her crystal meth addiction took hold and her life began to unravel. The dangers of meth became apparent when she spent time in a crystal meth lab and couldn't take care of her kids, or herself - her methamphetamine addiction took control of her life. Quitting wasn't easy - but Brittany was able to seek meth treatment and eventually overcome the physical effects of crystal meth and her meth addiction. |
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