My brother's wife's sister (got that straight?
) is in the process of picking up her life after meth. It is truly horrible how this drug affects people. It gets to the point, moreso than other drugs, where NOTHING else matters. She did cocaine and other drugs for a couple years, but then meth became her drug of choice. She supposedly cleaned up when she and her husband became pregnant, but then 3 months after the baby was born (last July) she disappeared. A week before her disappearance, we saw her at a birthday party, and her appearance alarmed me. She had tiny bandaids on her face that caught me off guard, and looked in general like shit. My SIL's mother pulled her aside and told her she should just take the bandaids off, that they were just drawing more attention to her 'problem'. God, it was so pathetic. When she held her 3 month old baby she looked totally bored, disgusted even.
Long story short, she was caught 1/2 a state away, her car loaded with all sorts of delights that she was dealing. She spent 7 months in jail and her case is coming up in court soon. I think she is being charged with 3 felonies. All this time her baby boy's been without a mother, raised by her husband (who has filed for divorce).
What kills me is that this girl had everything. Great upbringing, great job, great husband and a beautiful baby boy. Now...she has nothing but the daily struggle of trying to keep meth out of her life. It destroyed her life (and although her looks are improving now that she is clean, it took away a lot of her youthful beauty. All for WHAT?
Makes me very sad.