My Niece Is Addicted to Pain Pills HELP!!

[concerend62]

This is my first time here and I have a niece who has some health problems. She is 30 years old, a diabetic and on dialysis three times a week, she has high blood pressure, and just got out of the hospital for pneumonia which makes the second time she was hospitalized for pneumonia. My niece has me very concerned but most of all Im worried about her health, because she tends to neglect taking her insulin, checking her blood pressure and she doesn't take her medicines as directed by the doctor. I do not know how long my niece has been addicted to pain pills, she is addicted to Lortabs and she goes to the ER to get prescriptions so that she can get her pills and its become a weekly habit. Shes on dialysis and all my family knows that its her last stage in her life due to her health, but she seems not to care about her health or anything. I had tried as well as my other sisters to talk to her about the consequences of how dangerous her health is and now I am at the point where I need to find her some help. My niece is like a daugther to me but I cannot sit back and watch her get high on lortabs and any other pills she can get. She takes anxiety and sleeping pills which she mixes them with lortabs and she doesn't take just the regular dosage she pops four or five lortabs at a time and I had noticed when I visit her she looks high and times she nods off to sleep and wakes up again. I need to know where I can get help for her, I had consulted her Kidney doctor about it and I feel Im at the end of a dead end. So can anybody please tell me where I can find some help for my niece to get her some Rehab? I live in Oklahoma state.

[Done-With-It]

Hey there!~~

Welcome to SR! I'm sorry about your neice, that sounds tough.
If she doesn't or isn't ready for help, there is not much that you
can do. If you feel she is a danger to herself you can report that
and they can keep her for a given time, but they won't do much
for her until she is ready.

In the meantime until she 'IS' ready you can take care of yourself.
You may want to also visit this forum
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...splay.php?f=23
they have been through what you are going through or similiar anyway.

Keep us posted. Glad you are here.

DWI

[Peter]

I understand your need to help someone you love but unless your neice wants to get help for herself there is not much you can do.

Talk with her about your concerns and educate yourself as much as you can about drug abuse and recovery. Perhaps she would be willing to listen to you about the dangers to herself and her family.

It may not be a good idea to start talking "rehab" to her just yet.