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Drug addicted husband.

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Hi. I am married with the 3 daughters, 10, 8 and 5. My husband has a drug addiction to ice/meth. He got help for it a few years ago, it was more speed that he was using then and he had been clean for a few years, life was so great. he started using again at the start of this year and it has gotten progressively worse. He has been emotionally, verbally and physically abusive at times, lied constantly and stolen money from me for drugs.
My oldest daughter can't be around him, she is so scared he is going to flip out and is so angry at him.
I told him to leave a few weeks ago and he went to his parents a few hours away to get help and even go to a live in rehab. He had to come back due to work related matters and was supposed to go back to his parents.
Now he says he isn't going to get help, he is staying in town but finding somewhere else to live (he is staying with a friend at the moment) and after 2 weeks of not taking drugs he is using again.
I love this man with all my heart and know what a good person he is when he is clean. I know I am at the point where i have to let him hit bottom and it is so hard to let go. I worry about him taking it as I don't care and he will never stop using.
I am in desperate need of prayer for my family please.
Pray for my husband to overcome his drug addiction and to get the help he needs to stay clean. Pray for him to have the understanding of how this is affecting me and the children. Pray for me to be strong and not enable him any more. Pray for my children to be strong through a confusing time. Pray for my oldest daughter to be calm and free of anger. Pray for me to be guided to the best help I can get for my family.
Please also pray for a suitable house to become available as I have to move a.s.a.p.
Any sights I can use to help me would also be much appreciated.(I am in Australia)
Thank you, God bless.
 

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You really are going through so much at the moment and you need support with this, do go to a good church so you and your family can get the spiritual and emotional support you need to get through this. You definitely have my prayers. I hope your husband is praying for himself as well?

I don't know where you live in Australia, but there is a clinic in Perth that has successful results with drug addiction. I think he uses a drug inhibitor medication called: Naltrexone.

Have a look here: Fresh Start

Perhaps you can contact them and see if you can get treatment for your husband in the state you live in.

Also open a new thread in the Prayer Request forum and ask people to pray for your husband. See here: Prayer Requests - Christian Forums
 
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Hi. I am married with the 3 daughters, 10, 8 and 5. My husband has a drug addiction to ice/meth. He got help for it a few years ago, it was more speed that he was using then and he had been clean for a few years, life was so great. he started using again at the start of this year and it has gotten progressively worse. He has been emotionally, verbally and physically abusive at times, lied constantly and stolen money from me for drugs.
My oldest daughter can't be around him, she is so scared he is going to flip out and is so angry at him.
I told him to leave a few weeks ago and he went to his parents a few hours away to get help and even go to a live in rehab. He had to come back due to work related matters and was supposed to go back to his parents.
Now he says he isn't going to get help, he is staying in town but finding somewhere else to live (he is staying with a friend at the moment) and after 2 weeks of not taking drugs he is using again.
I love this man with all my heart and know what a good person he is when he is clean. I know I am at the point where i have to let him hit bottom and it is so hard to let go. I worry about him taking it as I don't care and he will never stop using.
I am in desperate need of prayer for my family please.
Pray for my husband to overcome his drug addiction and to get the help he needs to stay clean. Pray for him to have the understanding of how this is affecting me and the children. Pray for me to be strong and not enable him any more. Pray for my children to be strong through a confusing time. Pray for my oldest daughter to be calm and free of anger. Pray for me to be guided to the best help I can get for my family.
Please also pray for a suitable house to become available as I have to move a.s.a.p.
Any sights I can use to help me would also be much appreciated.(I am in Australia)
Thank you, God bless.
google "Ibogain" thats all I can say
 
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I am sorry that your family is having to experience this, especially your children.
I have been clean off of METH for 9 months now, thanks to the grace of God. I will pray for your, your family, and your husband. It is a very difficult drug to get off of and and unless the person truly wants to change their life, they won't. It took me a couple months of time in County Jail to kickstart my sobriety but I thank God for every minute of it. The best advice I can give you is to just as God to send his Holy Angels into your life to watch over and protect you and your children. If you Husband doesn't want to accept help from God then you need to make sure you and your family are safe.
Feel free to PM me if you need any prayers for protection or anything else.
 
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I know its been awhile since you all have talked about this but was wondering if anyone could give me advice. My husband has been sober from meth for a few years now. he is using again for 2 1/2 month straight he wakes up gets high, goes to work comes home goes to bed and does it all over again every day. on the weekends he gets up gets high, goes outside and works on yard cars or in garage. I see him avg. 2 hours a day. some days he does not go to bed and some days he does not come home. he does not even bring home a paycheck anymore. he works for who he gets his drugs from. our bills are only $300 a week he cant get that right. hes at the casino all the time too. im getting a job and have my 11th grader home homeschooling and watching my one yearold. and picking up my K and 4th grader. My question is is my working enabling him to continue to not be responsible with the money, and is it ok that he continue to live here?
 
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