So... my daughter 19, was arrested a few nights ago. Accused of shoplifting because she and her friend spaced out in the make up aisle too long. She refused the search and they told her they'd make sure to note she did not cooperate but will be searching her anyway. They found a pot pipe and a small amount of heroin.
My baby... has a heroin problem... I had no idea

She is the sweetest, smartest, most beautiful woman on this planet - so tortured with emotional turmoil.
I'm writing here because she and I both have bipolar dx, but so many bpd traits too - she even more than me - she has been doing SI since age 12 at least

I just feel like you guys might understand better than my usual bp forum... I'm feeling very fragile to be honest, and a little safer here on this topic.
When my daughter had a panic attack and couldn't stop crying traumatized, these police told her "how suspicious you are acting, stop the crying, you must be a junkie heroin dealer!" She tried to tell them she has a mental health issue, and that she was trying to stop crying but they didn't care.
They held her for a day. She has sores all around her wrists because they didn't like her and made the cuffs too tight. They say she was "out of control" because of the crying... Zero compassion... Zero...
I hate cops, I hate anyone in some authority position who traumatizes people, abuses their power. I hate them and I'm furious and trying to hold it all in and maintain.
Yea there's good news, she may get help and quit this heroin. But screw those jerks for treating her that way. She's tiny , she wasn't shop lifting as accused , they did not need to be rough.
I hate this horrible world.
Luckily my best friend is a dr who beat his own addiction, he's coming over today to check on her and give her some medicine to help with the withdrawal. She doesn't want to tell me how much she's really been doing, and that's ok because she's willing to tell & trust him so he can know the truth and the right dosages to give her. He's the only one in real life I trust to tell about this. I think my girlfriends will judge me and my daughter and turn into gossip.
Thanks for letting me let it out here...