REAL STORIES

The truth about Meth is more powerful than any fictionalized account. These stories are real-life accounts of how Meth has brought pain, suffering, and havoc to people's lives. In some cases names have been changed to protect the identity of the afflicted, but the anguish and tragedy are real. Too real to ignore.

ANONYMOUS STORIES

Female, 27 - "Now Dan is a paranoid schizophrenic..."
Female, 16 - "Thank you for coming to my high school..."
Female, 16 - "I lost my virginity to my dealer..."
Female, 15 - "I got pricked with a dirty needle..."
Male, 17 - "I came from A's and B's to begging on my knees..."
Female, 20 - "She rats me out and I go to jail..."
Female, 17 - "My father is no longer there, all that remains is a junky..."
Male, 15 - "She got pregnant with twins, then picked up her old habits..."
Female, 16 - "I have been a Meth addict since the age of 15..."
Female, 16 - "I saw my mom taken away in handcuffs by the SWAT team..."
Female, 24 - "I started using meth at the age of 12..."
Female, 20 - "Don't be another statistic..."
Female, 16 - "i thought everything was fine, until I started getting the hallucinations..."
Female, 20 - "I was 15 when I first tried Meth...."
Female, 20 - "I was addicted the first time I tried meth..."
Male, 19 - "My best friends are now my worst enemies..."
Female, 24 - "I also noticed large bruises and scabs on his body..."
Male, 18 - "I always wanted more after that..."
Female, 18 - "After the beating we had to carry our bloody mom..."
Female, 15 - "I saw her needles and I almost broke down..."
Female, 16 - "The baby that died didn't even have a chance..."
Female, 16 - "My brother left me there because he went with a girl..."
Female, 18 - "After my 1st snort, I was already addicted..."
Female, 28 - "I had a stroke at 26..."
Female, 21 - "That 'never again' lasted four years..."
Male, 16 - "Hopefully she will find the courage..."
Female, 21 - "I felt like my neck was literally disappearing..."
Female, 20 - "I began hanging out with men 3 times my age..."
Male, 18 - "Meth haunts you for the rest of your life..."
Female, 15 - "He was 19 and at the time and I was 13..."
Female, 18 - "The devil's drug"
Female, 15 - "b R o _ e N s H _ E t S"
Female, 34 - "You can get your life back if you really want it..."
Female, 21 - "I didn't want to feel pain anymore..."
Male, 25 - "Where are the stories about Meth's effect on the gay community?"
Female, 19 - "No one knows if he will live for much longer..."
Female, 23 - "All I did was love someone addicted to meth..."
Female, 22 - "He even let one of his friends rape me..."
Female, 15 - "The sound of children making noise..."
Female, 19 - "She passed out in mid-conversation..."
Male, 28 - "They shut I-70 down and started looking for me..."
Female, 22 - "They took my daughter from me..."
Female, 24 - "I couldn't see the very beautiful blue that was once my eyes..."
Male, 23 - "I had a 12 gauge shotgun loaded and pointed under my chin..."
Female, 30 - "I started using meth at the age of 15..."
Female, 22 - "My front teeth started rotting..."
Female, 16 - "She attempted suicide more times than I can count..."
Female, 19 - "I used to be proud to say that I had been awake for 6 days..."
Female, 24 - "We went around town buying pills so these people could make meth..."
Female, 20 - "My boyfriend at the time said "if you love me you'll do it with me"..."
Female, 24 - "When I was about 8 months pregnant we couldn't pay any bill..."
Female, 28 - "I would never wish this drug on my worst enemy..."
Female, 23 - "I never thought she'd turn to meth..."
Female, 42 - "Our neighbor showed up at our house bloodied and beaten..."
Female, 31 - "I have been addicted for 5 years and I am begging for help..."
Female, 16 - "We smoked that and then I went to my sister's to babysit..."
Female, 14 - "I have written before to this site..."
Female, 15 - "She had a hard life, her parents didn't want her..."
Female, 20 - "I became an addict in a matter of seconds..."
Female, 18 - "Today I started having really bad pains in my chest..."
Female, 28 - "He would sit in the mirror for hours picking hairs from his body..."
Male, 16 - "My brother shot himself while he was high..."
Female, 23 - "My ex tried to kill me twice..."
Female, 32 - "Finally, I ended up in jail..."
Female, 17 - "She was picking out "bugs" which was really just her hair..."
Male, 16 - "Now he is in prison robbing five houses..."
Female, 16 - "I've been doing meth since I was twelve..."
Male, 30 - "I thought that the Government was following me..."
Female, 17 - "He would go and leave for weeks at a time..."
Female, 21 - "Meth also made him violent towards his family and his girlfriend..."
Female, 19 - "She started running away and prostituting for meth..."
Female, 20 - "I went from 135 lbs to 85 lbs..."
Female, 18 - "My sister started meth at around 15..."
Female, 29 - "My occasional meth use turned into a nasty six year addiction..."
Female, 15 - "I remember her coming to school with scratches on her arms and face..."
Female, 17 - "It went from every other weekend to every weekend to everyday..."
Female, 15 - "He hid his meth pipe under my bed and I found it..."
Male, 29 - "The battle isn't over for me..."
Female, 19 - "I picked and I picked and I picked..."
Male, 25 - "My best friend blew up in a Meth explosion..."
Female, 17 - "When I was 13 I ran away just to smoke meth..."
Female, 35 - "I went from smoking to shooting in less than a month..."
Female, 27 - "I spent my entire pregnancy in jail..."
Female, 29 - "I lost custody of my 2 kids..."
Female, 29 - "My eyes looked like they were going to jump out of my head..."
Female, 28 - "I was trying to go to college but Meth ruined that too..."
Female, 15 - "I found myself awake for over two weeks..."
Female, 14 - "I remember him freaking out on my mom..."
Male, 24 - "That's when the downhill spiral began..."
Female, 19 - "She's pregnant and still tweaking..."
Male, 22 - "It got so bad we literally scavenged for pennies..."
Female, 14 - "I remember it was like Christmas if we got a loaf of bread..."
Male, 24 - "I haven't seen him for over 2 months..."
Female, 30 - "Finally he ended up in jail..."
Female, 22 - "I really thought my heart was going to explode..."
Female, 52 - "It nearly killed him and me..."
Female, 19 - "Be warned they will try to talk you into it..."
Female, 16 - "I snorted Meth for the first time when I was 12 years old..."