Drug Addiction Stories

He began spending more time away from home and even more money on the drugs.

Peter Harvey was at the top of his game.  He was the Senior Marketing Manager at AGT and was being looked at very closely for Vice President of the company.  He and his wife, Lydia had a new beautiful little boy named David.  It wasn’t uncommon at all for David and Lydia to enjoy the occasional party and the retirement of a co-worker was no exception.  It was October, 2006.  David had been to other parties where he had been offered cocaine but before this night, he always refused.  He decided it was harmless enough, one time and that would be it.

The cocaine burned his nose a bit as he inhaled it through a rolled up piece of paper.  Within just a couple of minutes, Peter felt better than he had ever felt in his life.  He felt on top of the world and invincible.  His heart was racing and he suddenly had a million ideas that he could bring up at work.  This was incredible and Peter decided he liked it very much.  Lydia had seen him snort the cocaine and was concerned, but figured it was a one-time thing.  After a couple of weeks, Lydia noticed an unusual withdrawal from the bank.  She asked Peter about it.  He said he had really liked the coke and had bought some on impulse.  This is when Lydia began to become concerned.  Now their hard earned money was being spent on this stuff.

Two weeks later even more money was missing and Lydia confronted Peter about his cocaine addiction.  He became enraged and told her that if he wanted to spend some of his money on recreational drugs, that was his business.  Then Peter began having incredible highs and lows.  He was either on top of the world or severely depressed and agitated.  Lydia could see their world falling apart, but obviously Peter could not.  He began spending more time away from home and even more money on the drugs.  He also had begun drinking heavily.  Lydia felt as though she were having a terrible nightmare.  She was, actually.  She was having a nightmare shared by many loved ones who become addicted to cocaine.  Although it happens all too frequently, it had never happened to them before and Lydia was worried.  Then Peter began missing work and Lydia knew something was wrong.  If he wasn’t careful, he was going to ruin a career it had taken him years to build.

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