Is it normal to get involved?

My sister has two kids and she has been going to a methadone clinic for four years, but she is not getting any better, as a matter of fact she is alot worse then she use to be.The last time I asked my sister she was on a very high dose about 115mgs a day. I talked to her about detoxing, she told me she was but I know she is not, she is so messed up everytime I talk to her or see her, Her eyes are rolled in her head nodding out, falling asleep, while doing everything, even in the middle of sentences.Her daughter told me she is taking zanax and lunesta(a sleeping pill)with her methadone, she even takes lunesta during the day!They are only required to take a drug test at this clinic so often,and she fakes her drug test.I am very worried and dont know what to do her kids pretty much have no chance having a mother like that in there lives.Is this normal, getting involved, my sister thinks this clinic is a good thing, but I see her overdocing, and fear one day her kids are ganna find her dead.What scared me the most is her daughter told me that when she is passed out she will check to see if she is still breathing.I dont know what to do to stop all this madness!!The clinic she goes to won't talk to me, privacy laws, prohibit this.

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  • fraggle

    Oh man....getting involved is one thing but getting your sister involved in
    CPS child protective services is another. No one willingly calls them on someone. I'm on methadone too. And i am going down very slowly to get off methadone. Your sister is sick and needs help. But the meds she is on you have to get off slowly or you will get sick. I see a doctor specializing in addiction and he saved my life.

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  • mtnw

    maybe it's time to drop a dime with childrens protective services. they won't say who made the call, so your sister won't know it's you. when you do make the call, be sure to mention that this clinic isn't managing your sister correctly, and she is abusing her medication.

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  • SillyKitty55

    call the cps for the sake of the children. for their lives. they need to be in a permanent foster care or where someone will adopt them in the shelter. i am speaking out of experience. i was in foster care when i was a child. it was the best thing that could have happened to me. because my parent's were abusive. they beat the living shit out of me. anyways someone wanted to adopt me but she lived too far from San Jose so we disagreed and the move never happened. i just got in a temporary foster care program. anyhoot, the children will go into the shelter. the system will put them up for adoption or foster care. also when they do this you can go in and apply to foster them and sign up to be their permanent guardian. you will have to speak with their social worker about this though and may end up having to fight for custody through court. it is a long process but totally worth it to save lives especially when it is family. Save their lives. Call the CPS

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  • You have to report this to child protection. Her problem sounds out of control & no child should live with that. Perhaps the clinic can explain her medical care in family court.

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