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Originally Posted by The Clk Man
What the wife and I can't understand, is that we raised her to be a good person and not to steal and cheat people.  |
From my experience:
Some people can have the best of upbringings and simply turn out wrong. It happens. It is no reflection on you, your wife or family, or anything you have done. It is VERY important you have this clear in your mind. If you are able, I strongly suggest you hook into whatever local support group(s) exist for families of addicts. You sound really strong now but as time goes by this will start to eat you from the inside. If no support group is near, I would consider trying to find a counsellor or health practitioner of some kind who deals with addicts, who you can sit down with for an hour and get the lowdown on what to expect and what you can do.
As a general observation, you are no longer dealing with your daughter. You are dealing with a person whose brain is progressively being rewired by the addiction. This happens with any substance problem, alcohol included, but Meth and Crack are really frightening in terms of how fast people can completely deteriorate and become shells of their former selves.
I see this process as the mental equivalent of flesh eating disease. The disease takes over and will fight any attempt to thwart or defeat it, however good or sympathetic the intentions.