Q1: Who was the person with the drug problem? What was your relationship with this person?
A1: "Joe(Alias) had the drug problem. He is my cousin."
Q2: How did this affect you personally?
A2: " I had to bail him out of jail. He affected my whole family because we moved him into our house. I spent lots of money supporting him trying to get him off these. Financially affected. He stole from me. He also stole from my children. He broke my heart and made me lose faith in the good of people."
Q3: What types of drugs was "Joe" involved with?
A3: "Joe was involved with heroine particularly and addicted to many other opiates."
Q4: Does "Joe" still have a problem with this?
A4: Yes.
Q5: How do you think this changed "Joe"'s life?
A5: "Instead of becoming a productive adult, he is a 25 year old man with no job, no life, no money, no friends, and a heroine addiction."
Q6: How did this change your life?
A6: " I don't trust many people anymore. I lost many family members I cared about. Mostly I tried to make better choices in the people I help and bring around my family." (Mom didn't want to really finish her answer she kind of lost it.)
Q7: Why do you think "Joe" abused?
A7: "He had no discipline and had bad parenting. He got around bad influences on his life."
Q8: If you were to talk to a group of teens about drugs what's one thing you would want them to know?
A8: "They will ruin your life and hurt others around you."
Original Question 1: Was there legal consequence to his problem?
A1: "He has been on house arrest for drugs, done lots of jail time for drugs, and stole from many people causing him to do more jail time."
Original Question 2: What was the hardest part of this entire situation?
A2: "Making the decision to press charges against my own cousin and put him in jail for stealing my engagement ring."
Original Question 3: Why did you decide to make this decision?
A3: "It was the only place I felt he could get clean and stay off drugs was in jail."
Summary: Many of these things I knew since I indirectly experienced this as well. I watched it bomb on my entire family and me. What I got most out of this interview was how much it truly affected my mom. I knew that she was hurt from the situation but now I truly understand a little of how she felt to have this happen. This was a hard time in our lives but it is past now.
A1: "Joe(Alias) had the drug problem. He is my cousin."
Q2: How did this affect you personally?
A2: " I had to bail him out of jail. He affected my whole family because we moved him into our house. I spent lots of money supporting him trying to get him off these. Financially affected. He stole from me. He also stole from my children. He broke my heart and made me lose faith in the good of people."
Q3: What types of drugs was "Joe" involved with?
A3: "Joe was involved with heroine particularly and addicted to many other opiates."
Q4: Does "Joe" still have a problem with this?
A4: Yes.
Q5: How do you think this changed "Joe"'s life?
A5: "Instead of becoming a productive adult, he is a 25 year old man with no job, no life, no money, no friends, and a heroine addiction."
Q6: How did this change your life?
A6: " I don't trust many people anymore. I lost many family members I cared about. Mostly I tried to make better choices in the people I help and bring around my family." (Mom didn't want to really finish her answer she kind of lost it.)
Q7: Why do you think "Joe" abused?
A7: "He had no discipline and had bad parenting. He got around bad influences on his life."
Q8: If you were to talk to a group of teens about drugs what's one thing you would want them to know?
A8: "They will ruin your life and hurt others around you."
Original Question 1: Was there legal consequence to his problem?
A1: "He has been on house arrest for drugs, done lots of jail time for drugs, and stole from many people causing him to do more jail time."
Original Question 2: What was the hardest part of this entire situation?
A2: "Making the decision to press charges against my own cousin and put him in jail for stealing my engagement ring."
Original Question 3: Why did you decide to make this decision?
A3: "It was the only place I felt he could get clean and stay off drugs was in jail."
Summary: Many of these things I knew since I indirectly experienced this as well. I watched it bomb on my entire family and me. What I got most out of this interview was how much it truly affected my mom. I knew that she was hurt from the situation but now I truly understand a little of how she felt to have this happen. This was a hard time in our lives but it is past now.