Is there such a thing as support groups for family and friends of heroin addicts? I'm sure there is but I never hear about them. I've had many friends that were addicts and the love of my life is a heroin addict. He has been clean for about 14 months now, but of course I worry about when he comes home. I have faith that he will be ok, he sees that I have stuck it through the worst times. I pretty much know what to expect and what to do with a heroin addict, but I think it would be good to have a group to speak with and hear other stories, suggestions, worries, etc.

Well, there's Narcotics Anonymous, for all addicts... I don't think I've ever heard of one strictly just for heroin addicts tho...

You could try alanon, its really all getting muddied because many alcoholics are also addicts so as they sit there and talk about the alcoholic in their life, you can listen and relate having an addict in yours...kwim?

There also is a program that's for the family and friends of addicts called http://www.naranon.com/home.html but I don't believe its as "big" as alanon - you may find way more meetings for alanon, but they both, I'm sure are based on the 12 steps of recovery...

the link I posted is for PA...sorry, but you at least can do a google for your area. Let me know if you need help!

Thanks, alanon might be a good place to start, the alcohol part of it might do me some good anyway.

Well, alcohol is a drug and the feelings of dealing with an addict or alcoholic are the same - the program turns the focus to YOU and away from them and trying to change them. I'm both sides of the coin - have my own addictions as well have had to endure other people's.

In mass there are NA/alanon also co dependency meetings.. there are all kinds of help.. the family needs info on the addiction , and then their own process of acceptance of what it has done.. what is like for the addict trying to live clean now.. and the emotional up s and downs.. and recovery process...

DO YU.!!

Peace
Donna