Originally Posted by
Maylie 
I have detoxed from heroin at home, as have my boyfriend and numerous other people I know without complications. Detoxing is only the beginning, adjusting to life sober and learning how to deal with different situations, learning how to experience different emotions, and learning how to avoid temptation is a whole different thing.
There is nothing you can do for your daughter, she needs to want to get clean and she needs to find a program that works for her and she needs to commit to it. You have tried to help in her in past and she has done what addicts do, she did what pleased her in that moment with no regard for tomorrow. I know that you want to believe her when she says she wants to restart her life and that she wants to be clean, but have her actions shown that? She says she wants to restart her life yet she tells her ex where she lives and then claims he "slipped" her something.
I hope that you can find peace and that you can concentrate on yourself and give yourself the tools you need to recover. You're health and mental well being is extremely important. Don't let your worry for her make you forget how much you matter.
hugs
Maylie
Thanks so much for this information. According to her roommate, who called me tonight, she is sick again. I guess it is the result of using with her ex the other night. I am fortunate to have 4 other adults children and 7 little granddaughters, who are all such blessings. I have been upset the past few days, but with the help of these posts I am feeling better tonight about letting go of my AD. Even if she wants to get better, she won't unless she takes the steps to get into a program and start going to meetings. Her roommate is offering to drive her for appointments and she met an IV tech in the hospital who is recovering and who offered to take her to meetings. I can't force her to walk through the door. It only takes a few steps, but she has to do it.