Meth

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How do you tell a friend to stop doing meth?

I suspect you probably can't. People probably have to find out themselves what it is doing to their lives.

Well unfortunately it doesn't work like that. You would have to get outside help. I would suggest approaching the parents/guardians and they will take it from there. Your friend may not like you for it and you have to not be afraid of that aspect cause it is for the greater good of you're friend.

Not bad advice, but parents are a non issue.
If I just come up to the subject and say stop doing meth, will that just hurt the situation?

I honestly think it could hurt it or do nothing at all. The first thing a person with an addiction needs to do on the road to recovery is own up to the fact that they have a problem. Chances are low that one person telling them to stop won't have much effect. In the end though if the person doesn't want to quit then there is no amount of people that can make them quit. To start things off I might consider having a general conversation that won't make them feel as if you're targeting them. Just get an idea of how they feel about their own problem.

I'm sorry, but... I don't think a conversation, or any amount of talking for that matter, is going to stop someone from using meth. Meth isn't like pot, or cigarettes... Short of forcing their ass in rehab, I really don't think there's much you can do.

Do you have an idea of how long (s)he's been doing it?

I dont buy that you HAVE TO HAVE REHAB
I know several people that are close to me that stopped after years of constant abuse with no rehab. It can be done, Helms who used to be here did it on his own as well. Rehab isnt an absolute.
years ago I stopped acid, coke,crank,E,PCP,shrooms, and any I might of forgotten with no rehab. I was dealing, I had fucking thousands of dollars of it on hand and sold all my shit and just stopped. That was 1990, january 4th. Im still clean, and have no desire to go back to using again.
It wasnt great fun to go with out and do the with drawls, but I did it, it can be done and while i have never so much as tried meth, I know it can be dropped as well with out help, I know too many people who did it and no longer touch it with out ever setting foot into a rehab or having any outside help.
It should be noted though that a doctor I was seeing a year or so ago for unrelated shit (at least to this subject) was telling me that in serious meth users because of the damage it does to the brain that people can never be happy again after getting off of it.
According to her, everyone that has been hooked and stopped has to have antidepressants in order to maintain balance and any happiness.
I know two people that are close to me that were big time users and used for years before stopping, and neither of them are on antis now, or in the past.

No, I didn't mean they HAD to go to rehab, I wasn't pushing rehab, what I meant was that I didn't think talking would really do anything to sway a meth addict... For a lot of people, even if they want to give it up, they can't, and if they don't want to, a little chat isn't going to solve anything.

ahhhh.
I just wanted to put across the idea that IT IS POSSIBLE WITH NO REHAB. Not everyone can do it and certainly if they don't want to do it they will never succeed with or with out rehab, and yeah, a chat with a buddy is not gonna be the end all of someones addiction.

Intervention is in order.There's no one thing you could say to this person. Like, "Hey, do you enjoy having all you teeth?" It won't get the idea through their head, Meth is as evil as it comes.

I don't mean to change the subject but what are the signs of using meth?

Nervousness, jaw clenching, dialated eyes, non stop talking, cleaning, pacing back and forth, days with no sleep.

Days with nonstop energetic freaking out, then days where they just crash, a fondness for farmer's fields, an inability to control themselves, open sores on face/body, and then after a while, they get REALLY skinny... Sunken eyes, the whole bit. My uncle also started collecting junk, he went dumpster diving all the time and got the RATTIEST electronical stuff, tore it apart... He also got rusted out pans, moldy sofas.. Pretty much anything except food stuff and clothes.

Your uncle was on meth so he started collecting junk?... I ask this because my cousin... hes about 30.... My dad and I think hes on something. And I said I think its meth, his teeth are starting to get pretty nasty. Not like rotten, but like really yellow.... and one day we called him to come over at 11:30 am... to help us hook up our hot tub... we call him at noon... he doesnt answer... 2 pm... doesnt answer.... at 3 he answers and says he wil be over in a bit... doesnt come over untill 4:30... and he was dead tired... he looked like he hadnt slept in 5 days...

See, I don't know. We don't know if he was using like the battery acid or wires or something... I mean, he MADE meth too, and about the time we think he started using meth, he started collecting junk, so it could have maybe been some kind of cover-up or something. And it wasn't a little bit of junk, it was A TON. My aunt had an extra shed built, that was two-story, and big enough for two semis to fit in, and he filled IT ALL UP with that stuff. And I mean, he could maybe be on meth, but if he's only tired and has bad teeth, then he could be on other stuff too... Does he have open sores (it sometimes looks like they've been picking at zits)? Or has he lost weight?

Well he always has been really skinny.... and i know he is on some kind of drug because my friends sisters boyfriend his name is jim haha... hes a drug dealer and my friend has seen my cousin at jims house looking for him.... so im almost 100% for sure hes on drugs... but as far as i know jim only dealed pot coke and a lil E... but i dont know.

Say that meth makes you ugly.Well its true, and it works for alotta people in my school.

FYI, cigarettes have a greater dependence liability than meth does.but it answer to the original question, it really depends on what your friend's like, what sort of relationship you two have, and how dependent s/he is on meth.but talking to them certainly isn't going to hurt; just try to be compassionate and don't be confrontational about it.

Well, people doing meth usually have a wild meth ride from their first hits of the drug. If concerned people try to interfere with the addiction, it makes the meth user very very angry and possibly a bit paranoid that everyone is plotting against them. Your best bet would be to make it look like they have TONNES to loose if they don't stop. Also, if you want to tell them to stop doing meth, I'd suggest a rehab program because meth is pretty dangerous and it won't do anyone any good in the long run.