My sister has been a meth user for at least 2 years(if not longer). It became apparent last summer and she admitted to it. She was arrested in October 2005, went thru a court-referral program on an outpatient basis, and stayed off for about 1-2 months. Then found out she was forging/stealing testing results. In our state, it may be 2 years before her court date for the initial arrest comes up. She lost custody of her oldest child, but still has her youngest (3 years) with her(the father is an addict and in a coma as we speak).
My parents are great people and want to believe that she is not doing drugs anymore. She has estranged just about everyone in our family, is still very thin, very moody, and, as I previously posted, appears to be diluting her weekly urine testing(this is court ordered in order for her to have bi-monthly visistation with her oldest).
I have been from day one, and still am, very, very concerned about my 3-yr-old niece. My parents have pleaded with me not to call child services, as they think this will put my sis over the edge. She did threaten me, my mom, and my children if I tried to seek custody. My husband told me that under no circumstances was he willing to endanger our children for this custody battle. I have prayed about this and I want to believe that she is ok, but I worry about her every single day. I feel like I am stuck between a rock and a hard place!
What should I do? I respect my parents but they don't know (and probably don't want to know) the danger of this drug to the user but even more so, the potential dangers to this child!
I love my sister--before all of this we were like best friends. We kept each others children and saw each other every day. Now---she blames me for everything and hates me. We haven't spoken in almost a year. Isn't that a shame?
My parents are great people and want to believe that she is not doing drugs anymore. She has estranged just about everyone in our family, is still very thin, very moody, and, as I previously posted, appears to be diluting her weekly urine testing(this is court ordered in order for her to have bi-monthly visistation with her oldest).
I have been from day one, and still am, very, very concerned about my 3-yr-old niece. My parents have pleaded with me not to call child services, as they think this will put my sis over the edge. She did threaten me, my mom, and my children if I tried to seek custody. My husband told me that under no circumstances was he willing to endanger our children for this custody battle. I have prayed about this and I want to believe that she is ok, but I worry about her every single day. I feel like I am stuck between a rock and a hard place!
What should I do? I respect my parents but they don't know (and probably don't want to know) the danger of this drug to the user but even more so, the potential dangers to this child!
I love my sister--before all of this we were like best friends. We kept each others children and saw each other every day. Now---she blames me for everything and hates me. We haven't spoken in almost a year. Isn't that a shame?
