Michelle in Knox County
I first used meth at 18 years old. I already had left home and almost dropped out of school. By my 20th birthday I was in jail for the second time on meth charges. I didn't know how to stop....
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Alesia in Davidson County
I lived in Cumberland County when I was first introduced to meth. The drug is well-known in that area and it seemed that everyone was doing it. So, as a young, rebellious girl, I tried it. I...
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Anonymous in Shelby County
As the husband of a pharmacist and a medical student, I greatly appreciate what is being done by requiring those purchasing cold medicine to register their name and driver's license number. ...
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Brittney in Lincoln County
I’m Brittney. I’m 15 years old, and I’m a meth user. I started about three months ago, and I can’t let it go. I started it because my friend cooks it. I thought it was harmless when I first ...
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Cody in Clay County
Hi, my name is Cody, and I’m a recovering meth addict. I had been on meth for two years and clean for six months. I started using when I was 15. At first it was the best thing in the world. ...
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Anonymous in Bradley County
I was heavy into meth use for two and a half years. I was using around one-half to one gram daily. I have been clean now for five months. There is help out there. There is a much better way ...
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Anne in Shelby County
Hello, my name is Anne Matthews. I just wanted to let you know that I was able to help today by doing a TV promo to help with the fight against meth. I really enjoyed being able to help give...
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Gunner in Monroe County
About five years ago I got custody of my son (he was 3 years old at the time). I pulled him out of a situation and from a very bad mother. By the age of 3, my son saw more than most of us wi...
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Denise in Marion County
Meth has affected my family for years when my younger brother was addicted. We had to see him go downhill, sell most everything he had, miss a lot of time with his daughter and family becaus...
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Stacy in Henderson County
I am a 29-year-old wife and mother of two. I started using meth about five years ago and watched it destroy my family and take away some of the people I loved most. My husband of 10 years wa...
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Mary from Arkansas
I am a reformed meth addict. I have been reformed for eight years. I used hard core for about four and a half years. But when I quit, I did it cold-turkey. I had no help, no rehab in the ...
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Donna in Cheatham County
Thank you much for putting my son, Paul, in jail after stealing some chemicals. Now he has been meth-free for two years. He was addicted to meth. It didn't take long to get addicted, just on...
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Anonymous in Lewis County
My best friend did meth and she said that she liked it; but, I knew how badly it tore her up inside. I am helping her now; but, she told me that if she ever gets the chance to do meth again,...
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Downward Spiral
I began using meth in 2001 by 2003 I was an addict and on my way to federal prison. my life spiraled out of control and I didnt care, I lost everything, my home, my family, my marriage fell ...
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Gayle in Sequatchie County
My son and his wife have destroyed their lives by using meth. My son is in prison serving seven years for making the drug, and his wife lost custody of their two children because of her meth...
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Anonymous in Wayne County
I cannot believe how this drug can just destroy people. My sister was on meth, and it took away everything that she had – including her son. She’s been clean for seven months, but her so...
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Angela in Henry County
I was on meth, and it has really destroyed my children and me. I was so confused and sick. There were people saying things about hurting my children and me. I took my children to Children’s ...
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Angel in Hamilton County
Well my habit started about four years ago.I used everyday.I went from snorting to smoking and from smoking to shooting it.At one time I thought there was no hope for me.I was a user,a deale...
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Katie in Shelby County
Meth destroys lives. I read a story when I was younger about a man who was paranoid, crazy, from "methamphetamine". I remember thinking, "Yeah right, no drug would make you do that." Little ...
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Amanda in Dyer County
I began meth when I was about 15 years old. I stopped when I was 19. I first was around it when I was at a party, and was offered it. I tried it. I fell in love with meth the very first time...
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Amanda in Dyer County
I was 15 and at a party when I was offered meth for the first time. I immediately fell in love with it. I thought that it was the way I would want to feel forever. My first month on meth...
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Anonymous in Montgomery County
My husband was a meth user for years, and it caused damage to him, our marriage and our child. He was uneasy all the time, and he never slept. He would stay up for days at a time. Then he be...
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Monique in Bradley County
I was recently on meth, and it took me to some horrible places. It made me hurt people and steal from my family and have bad judgment. Sad to say, but I'm still addicted to it, and I’ve been...
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Anonymous in Anderson County
I knew nothing about meth until someone very close to me got hooked and lost everything – including everything that person had worked for for 26 years. The person had never even used drugs b...
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Michelle in Hawkins County
I am a recovering meth addict. I have been clean for almost three months, after using meth for two years. At first, it didn’t take much to get me high, but as time went on and my body became...
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Anonymous in Haywood County
I am a 13-year-old girl who has a sister using meth. David Parnell’s story has really helped me find a way to talk to my sister about it. David, you are a very brave guy. It probably took a ...
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Jessica in Henry County
I was a meth user for five years, and all it ever brought me was pain and sorrow. During my time using the drug, I was enrolled in a number of rehabilitation programs and juvenile detention ...
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Lyn in Davidson County
I was addicted to meth for several years. I got so caught up in it that I lost my children, my home and my car. I went to jail and lost everything. Last year I got my children back; I have b...
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Anonymous in Coffee County
Two of my daughters were on meth. Both had their own children, and it broke my heart to watch my children mess up their lives and the lives of everyone around them....
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Anonymous in Bradley County
Meth changed my life forever. I lost my children, suffered brain damage and damaged my relationship with my family. Half of the people I considered friends for years are in prison for meth-r...
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Misty in Hamilton County
At 17, I married my childhood crush. Everything was good – until my “perfect man” began using meth. Soon, he became a monster. He stayed gone all the time. He lied. He was always paranoid. H...
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Candace in Bradley County
I am 26 years old and a former meth addict. I have been clean for 15 months, but in the time I was using, meth cost me everything I had – including my child. People don’t realize that meth i...
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Mel, Grundy County
I am a recovered meth user. I was on it for two years. I could never really explain everything that happened to me while I was on it. I saw things that weren’t there. One night after being u...
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Anonymous, Campbell County
Meth really does destroy. Not only does it destroy the person using it or making it, but it destroys family, friends or anybody who has anything to do with that person. Meth users forget all...
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Mo, Anderson County
My boyfriend, who is 22 years old, took one pill of meth, one time. This one pill made him extremely ill. He had lung failure and his lungs collapsed. Eventually the one pill of meth induce...
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Lisa, Rhea County
I moved out of Rhea County because of meth. I started using at age 25 after my husband and I split up. I am now 35 and have been clean for five and a half years. Meth destroyed my life. Beca...
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Shirley, Putnam County
My name is Shirley, and I was a meth addict for several years. I lost almost every relationship I had with my family, including my relationship with my daughter. I turned into a monster and ...
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Moma, Carroll County
We live in a very rural area with less than 250 residents, and it’s frightening to see how so many people are making, selling and getting hooked on meth. They are destroying their lives and ...
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Brian, White County
I am a 32-year-old male who was addicted to meth for eight years. Meth use cost me many good jobs and my family. I am proud to say now that I have been free from meth’s torture for over a ye...
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Catherine, Hamilton County
Hi, My name is Catherine. I'm 22 years old, and I'm a former meth user, dealer and abuser. I became addicted to meth right before my 19th birthday. The guy I dated for about four years i...
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Anonymous in Meigs County
I am a 19-year-old female, and I have been using meth for a couple years. The judge sent me off, but I’ve been out of treatment almost a year. After I got out, I started using heavily again....
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Anonymous in Bradley County
I was 13 when I first started using meth. My mother was using before me. She allowed me to do it, and she even gave it to me. We did it together – my mom, her boyfriend, my two sisters, and ...
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Keith in Crockett County
My aunt, Lyn Noland, was a meth addict. She never came around. I was 12 years old before I got to see my aunt and two cousins, Shelby and Steven; and they were 11 and two. Recently my aunt h...
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Anonymous in Shelby County
I haven’t used meth since March 9. It has been very hard, and I am by no means cured of this addiction. But everyday with I wake, I pray that I have the strength to say no if a situation ari...
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Danah, Sullivan County
I have been off meth for five years and one month now. It took getting caught and going to federal prison for three and a half years to get me off of it. I've been out of prison for a year a...
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Anonymous in Madison County
Meth has destroyed so much in my life and in my 5-year-old daughter's life. My ex-husband began using meth while we were married, not to my knowledge. He then wanted a divorce, which I now ...
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Katie in Williamson County
I started to use meth at age 21. Meth took away my whole life. At first I just loved all the energy it gave me, and then it got to where I could not stop no matter what I did. I stole from m...
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April in Tipton County
I found out one week before I married my husband that he was addicted to meth. For the last three years, I have been with him in the battle to stop using. He turned into a completely differe...
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Tia in Scott County
My name is Tia, I am 18 years old. Meth has had a huge impact on my family. My nephew Brandon, at 18 years old was using Meth. We tried to get him help, but he didn't want it. One day, not t...
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Dream
I had a dream when my children were little. To move to the country and raise them. I moved from Harriman to a beautiful area called Daysville in Cumberland County in 1984. At that time I ...
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William in Tipton County
My story starts on April 14, 2005. My wife and I were letting my cousin watch our kids. When we went to pick up our kids, the house was surrounded by Tipton Sheriff officers. We found out th...
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ashley
I am a 34 yr old meth user. I have destroyed my life and the lives of everyone around me. I am still using today. I wish that I could say I would stop tomorrow but I don't think that wil...
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Recovered
Hi! Everyone calls me A'me. I used meth for three years and am happy to say that I have been meth-free for 18 months now. Thanks to the judge in my county I am clean and enjoying life like I...
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Melissa
I'm a recovering meth addict, in 2002 my husband and I both started using and within a couple months we were making this terrible drug, then within a few months we were being arrested just ...
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Sarah in Grundy County
I am a recovering meth addict.
I was using meth very heavy, up to four and five grams a day. I lost nearly 60 pounds and also lost my home, my family and everything I had. This ...
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Judy in Knox County
My son met a girl selling meth. She introduced him to the drug. He was a well-bred and moral child until he started this deadly demise. She had a hold on him because she gave meth to him. He...
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