I was a meth addict for life heres the moment I woke up and how I transformed: It was all very innocent
A young hairdresser who was convinced she was going to be smoking meth until she was 60 has revealed the moment she kicked her addiction.Jodie Annabelle, 32, said she was going through a break-up when she was 23 and started hanging out with people who went to raves.“It was all very innocent,” Annabelle, a young mom, told news.com.au.One night she was hanging out with those friends.They offered her a pipe.
Being drunk, at a low point and “hanging out with the wrong people” saw her accept the offer.It was the first time she’d even seen a drug.Before this, it had only been something she’d seen in movies.
She doesn’t even remember doing it.“I thought it didn’t hurt me the first time, so I said ‘yes’ the next time.That’s how it slowly got introduced into my life,” she said.Then, she met a guy.
He’d had problems with ice in the past and was trying to turn his life around.Annabelle offered to help him with that.
The pair started dating.The man still used occasionally and so did Annabelle.After a few months, she started wanting the drug every week.
The man started to “put her down” about her drug use.That continued for a year.The hairdresser said when she first started using, she was spending $150 a day on the drug.“By the end of that relationship, I realized I was pushing back clients to go and get on the drugs.
I noticed that was bad.But even though I noticed, I thought I’d do it a few more times and then stop,” she said.“You don’t really think too much into it.
After that relationship ended, I fell head first into my addiction.”In addition to meth, Annabelle started using heroin.There were some dark times.
Her home was invaded while her son was inside.She had run-ins with the police.
She resorted to selling drugs to fund her addiction.“I got quite big into that side of the world,” she said.Two years into her addiction, she came home from taking her son to school.The house was trashed by police.
She was also told t...