Mate & his Valium addiction
Discussion
Hi guys,
It’s come to light my best mate has a Valium issue and been nailing them (unprescribed street stuff) for over a month now. At first I thought he had just been drinking to much; lack of balance, unsteady, memory issues but his new squeeze has got him into them.
From what I’ve read It’s highly addictive and when mixed with alcohol very dangerous. Drinking is his other weakness. Is this something a local GP could help him with? He’s gone proper downhill in a short time and now just an idle bum on a wreckage mission.
Anyone have experience with dealing with pharma addictions?
It’s come to light my best mate has a Valium issue and been nailing them (unprescribed street stuff) for over a month now. At first I thought he had just been drinking to much; lack of balance, unsteady, memory issues but his new squeeze has got him into them.
From what I’ve read It’s highly addictive and when mixed with alcohol very dangerous. Drinking is his other weakness. Is this something a local GP could help him with? He’s gone proper downhill in a short time and now just an idle bum on a wreckage mission.
Anyone have experience with dealing with pharma addictions?
Edited by Boom78 on Monday 22 May 14:15
Sorry to hear that.
You could just ask if he's ok and that you've noticed what you mentioned. You could try to gently persuade him to stop/reduce. But if he's already truly addicted, that is another matter, and that's either down to the person wanting to quit or worse case scenario hitting rock bottom and having no other option than to quit.
Valium (etc) is both highly addictive and tolerance builds up quick so you need more, and more ......and so on.
Sounds like your mate has an addictive personality - get him into computer gaming as a distraction
You could just ask if he's ok and that you've noticed what you mentioned. You could try to gently persuade him to stop/reduce. But if he's already truly addicted, that is another matter, and that's either down to the person wanting to quit or worse case scenario hitting rock bottom and having no other option than to quit.
Valium (etc) is both highly addictive and tolerance builds up quick so you need more, and more ......and so on.
Sounds like your mate has an addictive personality - get him into computer gaming as a distraction
Benzodiazepine addiction is a very dangerous path, they’re incredibly addictive within a short period, and the withdrawal is absolutely horrendous, and could actually kill you if bad enough.
Combined with alcohol brings a very real risk of overdose and death, and aside from this will lead to lots of problems and bad decision making.
Combined with alcohol brings a very real risk of overdose and death, and aside from this will lead to lots of problems and bad decision making.
I’ve tried speaking to him on a number of occasions over the last few weeks, latest being a borderline bollo*king but it appears to be failing on deaf ears. One minute he totally agrees he has a problem then the following day he’s back hanging around with his new bird and unsurprisingly back on the Valium/booze combo. A Proper downward spiral! His ex would go crazy due to kid and shared access.
I keep thinking I should speak to his dad (who I get on with) but it could really kick things off, or, wait for him to genuinely realise he has a issue. Torn.
I keep thinking I should speak to his dad (who I get on with) but it could really kick things off, or, wait for him to genuinely realise he has a issue. Torn.
There was a video on YouTube that scared me straight with street benzos, terrible stuff - god knows what’s in them.
That led the addiction to prescribed only meanwhile getting the proper help. Glad to say am fully off them now and don’t want to go back.
That led the addiction to prescribed only meanwhile getting the proper help. Glad to say am fully off them now and don’t want to go back.
Edited by Roguexcess on Tuesday 23 May 19:55
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