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Teri
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10 months ago
in Meth Mountain on Some Chick's Blog
This hurts. This is my home. A sacred place where so many sweet memories blossomed. Where I came to be and grew to be. Even though I live on the other side of the country I suffer everyday with the effects of meth use by my children. Plural. The mountain. No -- I will call it by the RIGHT name --- SAND Mountain, is where my mind goes when I need to escape the realities of my life. And now it's poison too. So very sad.
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JosCor
Hi Teri.. I also grew up on Sand Mountain. I went to highschool at Albertville in the mid-90's before meth was a big deal in our communities. Though.. as I grew older I saw first hand how a horrible drug can ravage families. I have family members who have suffered for many years because of this terrible drug. I was no church boy when it came to experimenting.. though I never had to struggle with the ups and downs of trying to get clean and relapsing. I've read your posts here about your son managing to actually find the good side of rehab and his fight to get.. and stay clean. And I just want to give him.. and your family my blessings. And in no way what so ever do I want to sound negative on the matter.. there are some down sides to getting treatment locally in Marshal County.. if that is where he is getting it. What most people who aren't from a small area as we are do not realize is that the "Meth-family" on Sand Mountain is SO close. Such a "tight-nit" group. And when you have the majority of the members of a drug-friendship all going to the very same facility trying to get treatment.. it makes is even more hard to come out of it with a good step in the right direction. The friends and family members that I've had that have gone to Marshal County's rehab have all had good intentions while entering into the program. But.. it's sad to say that having just one false person in such a tight group can bring the whole group back down again. So.. as I'm sure you know very well.. the hardest part of the cleaning process will be disassociating your son from these people. I grew up with the people in this documentary. I've known Cole and Shanta.. as well as Chuck since I was an early teenager. Cole was actually my cousin's (Which is no longer alive due to drug abuse) best friend growing up. So I've seen these people struggle with this ongoing problem ever since it became a problem in our community. I myself actually moved away from Marshal County about 6 years ago just because so many of my loved ones and friends were going through this very problem.. and I'm sad to say that any good advice would be to just move away. I would be ignorant to say that other cities or towns don't have the same amount of trouble with meth as Marshal County.. but what you'll find is that when you live somewhere that you don't know everyone that deals or abuses meth, it would be a little easier to progress in the cleaning process. I know that moving from a place you've called home your entire life shouldn't have to be an alternative, but maybe it's an alternative that should be looked into. I truely wish your family the best!
I do hope that if nothing else, this documentary will raise awareness enough to get the county more funding for programs like the one run by Dr. Holley.