I am addict. Been clean 24 years. Addiction runs in my family like a river.
My two nieces are also addicts. One has been trough treatment a couple of times but now is clean and living her boyfriend in Georgia (in the military, seems like a good guy).
Her older sister has also been to jail a couple times and has already been through treatment. She was kicked out of the house her mother for using and stealing. She is 21 yrs old.
My mother, her grandmother, took her in when she was kicked out of sober living (not for using but for being a jackass and not following house rules). My mother gave simple rules. No using, no stealing, and help put around the house. She was living there rent free, and Mom was giving her money for cigarettes.
My mother just had her knee replaced and is still in pain. She has been hiding her pain meds because she thought she was coming up short. the niece has stolen before but has sworn that that is behind her. She is clean and NOT stealing.
Then Mom calls me in tears. Niece has stolen from her friends who came over to help (more than $100). Mom had $50 bucks come up missing. Then, the kicker…niece has forged 5 checks on Mom’s account.
My sister (not niece’s mother) and I are going over there after work to move her out, kicking and screaming if need be.
I hate this, but…
