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Age: 28
Gender: female

My husband and I started using meth right after the birth of our youngest son. I was 20 years old. At first it started as a weekend thing. All of our friends were doing it so I decided to try it. As time went on it turned into an everyday habit. Both of us quit our jobs and meth was the only thing I thought about. Our electricity, water & rent was never paid so we moved from house to house with our young children. This went on and on for years. I didn't realize the damage it was doing to not only our health but also my children. In early 2006, my husband went to jail. I didn't know what to do. Our water had been cut off & I was cut off from the drug that I was so highly addicted to. I started seeing another man & moved into his house right away. Things went downhill very fast from there. He was a known dealer so I started using more and more. My children were taken from me. I lost everything I had in my house because all I cared about was getting high. I pawned my grandmother\'s wedding ring and did so many things that I\'m not proud of. At this point I didn\'t care about anything except getting high. My husband got out of jail but I had already destroyed our relationship. I spent 2 more years in an abusive relationship with this other man. Those two years were the worst years of my life. I was beaten until I was unconscious, shot at and used and abused. All this while my children were staying with my in laws 5 miles down the road. It was like I didn\'t care about anything anymore. The judge ordered me to take drug test and everytime I woulds fell. Eventually I hit rock bottom. I had shut everyone out of my life. Family, friends, everyone had turned there back on me because I was so strung out. That\'s when I reached out to my father who lives 900 miles away, up north. He told me that I could come stay with him and try to get my life back on track. I jumped on a plane the next day. I spent six months in PA, I started back to college, got a job and things started looking up. After six months, I was ready to come home and attempt to get my kids back. So, I moved home, got a job and started having supervised visits with my kids. As of today, I have been clean for 3 years! I gained custody of my children back and my husband and I reconcilled. My life is so different now. I look back on those days and I can\'t believe the things I did and the hurt I put my children through. It is so important for people to know the destruction this drug has on your life and the people around you. I\'m now trying to save up the money to get my teeth fixed from the damage the meth caused on my mouth. Please, if you don\'t take anything else from my story, take this.... Meth WILL destroy your life! One time is too many!!!!

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