Is she using?
My adult daughter is an alcoholic who has used heroin and cocaine. Until recently I thought her biggest problem was alcohol, but recently I have begun to wonder. Now I need info to help me decide.
She has been living with her drug addict boyfriend and his parents for over a year. Before that she had lost everything, including her child, because of drinking. The bf introduced her to drugs. She came to our house using, once. That was the last time we let her into our house.
She is telling us now that she is clean and sober, and her behavior supports that. She seems clear-headed and is trying to get away from the bf and move back closer to her daughter. The thing that is nagging at me is that she has darkened skin in the crooks of her arms and the last couple of times her hands and forearms were swollen. I am suspicious about what that means. Could it be from past abuse, or does it mean she is presently using? She said it is from doing yard work. Can someone be under the influence of heroin and still be functional? Forgive me, but I know nothing about drug addiction. I am thinking I may have to learn.