Girlfriend has talked about doing drugs again.

[Mercuriel]

I am currently in a long-distance relationship. My girlfriend has done drugs in the past (Cocaine and Heroine are the only two that I know of) She has been having a hard time at work recently and has said that "Sometimes she wishes she still had her old nasty habit" by which she meant that she wishes she still did drugs. I'm worried that she will go back to doing them, and I really don't know how to stop it. She has been battling depression for as long as I've known her (going on three years now, on a happy note) and I feel rather helpless to stop her from relapsing.

[Dav125]

Let me rephrase my point..Boredom probably wasn't the right word to use.... I meant it from an angle of being tired of the mental battle she finds herself in day after day and wanting relief from it....And now the question is one of how she's going to find relief without going back to the drugs which provided that for her previously...

[petroglyph54]

Maybe you could get her to come on the forum? No one here is a dr. or therapist, mostly just addicts trying to help. It seems no one can help an addict as well as another one. There's also some depression forums that might help. You can suggest exercise, staying positive, busy, other interests to help occupy her mind. An addicts life is always threatend by the possibility of relapsing, always. Would she consider going to an na meeting where she's at? They are very helpful, harmless free, and full of people who know what she's feeling like. Just click on any search for na, aa and they have the address, phone#, meeting times etc. good luck

[Mercuriel]

It's not boredom. It's stress and depression. Maybe something constructive next time?

[Dav125]

Not much you can do in a long distance relationship..Either you have to move to her or she to you in order to give her the kind of support she needs..It sounds like her life is getting boring and without you around, she's going to fill that void with Dr feelgood...