[NuckingFutz]

I live in this small community (1 bedrooms only). I'd say over 1/2 of the residents are alcoholics, recovering drug addicts, food addicts and in 2 cases; cocaine addicts.

All these people are on psch meds and yet, they are messing it up with all that others stuff. Then their friends come over and try and sell illegal drugs and stuff and it's just so unnerving.

I told the manager about my concerns because hey, at least 3 people have died from the results of drugs and alcohol. I like my apartment and don't want to have to move, how do I separate myself out from these people? If you hang around and watch you can see people getting ripped off left and right. One lady sold her foodstamps for the month! I guess she wasn't thinking of eating in a while.

Any advice?

[splitimage]

There is a high correlation between addiction and mental illness - a lot of people with mental illnesses try to self medicate and become hooked, thereby creating a vicious cycle where they're making their mental illness worse.

There isn't really much you can do about it - addicts need to want to change before they are willing to stop. You need to worry about keeping yourself safe and not get sucked into the using environment.

--splitimage

[trippinmickey]

You know what I was thinking just the same thing .I go to a club house for mental illness which is apost to be a safe place to meet other people same mental illness .Mines bipolar but man It just pisses me off they all sat around today *****ing about how they have no money left it being the middle of the month and they spent it all on drugs and are bummed out .Whats the point in going im clean and on my meds. and for the most part i feel good .It feels like they are pulling me down and bumming me out and next thing you know Ill be getting high.It hard to meet other people with bipolar are clean.

[youOme]

It can be the case, there has to be some sort of stats to back it up though. Drugs used by the mentally ill are mostly to help suppress their mental and emotional pain.