Non-Voilent Drug Offenders

Everyone knows the effects drugs have on an addict but what they don’t take into consideration is
the effects it has on the addict’s partner. Being with a drug addict is similar to being an addict yourself.
At first you are convinced they are not addicted to drugs, they just use them to help deal with stress if
you did not put them under so much stress they could stop using at anytime. You do everything to
make their life less stressful regardless of the stress you are putting on yourself. You believe their lies,
no matter how farfetched they are and you lie for them. I believed my ex was going to work every
morning at 2:00 am, he worked for his parents and the store did not open until 9:00 am and the first
employee did not get their until 8:30 am. The worst of the lies I believed was in December of 2006,
he said he was going to Salt Lake with a buddy to go golfing when there was 4 inches of snow on the
ground and that’s not the worst part he left at 10:00 pm by the time they got their to golf it would have
been midnight. I think back now and I don’t think I ever believed his lies I just did not want to admit that
he was leaving to do drugs.

      The hardest part of being with an addict for me was lying to protect him. I lied to our parents
because I loved him and wanted to protect him I thought I was doing the right thing. Me and our kids
went to his parents every Sunday for dinner and I would always make excuses for why he was not there.
I remember one time telling them he was at work installing a stereo and his dad said well after dinner I
will call him and see if I can go help him. My heart hit my stomach and I replied that would be good.
Lucky for me he did not answer his phone when his dad called him.

    After two years of being convinced that he was not lying to me, and lying to friends and our families
to protect him I was faced with reality. Me and our kids went to Salt Lake Friday afternoon for my
niece’s...