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Christopher Lowry

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Christopher Lowry

Christopher Lowry Quick Facts

Main Areas
Substance Abuse, Addiction
Affiliation
Meth Kills Organization

My name is Chris and I am from Sacramento, CA. I started using meth when I was 16 years old. After enrolling into drug court I was referred to a 6 month out-patient substance abuse treatment program in Sacramento. I had finished everything successfully.

Exactly one year after being clean, I suffered a heart-attack and had 2 stents implanted. Having heart problems at the young age of 37 is enough to scare anyone straight! I am happy to say that I have been clean now since Feb 2006.

I created a information website called Meth Kills that offers information, help and advice for anyone contemplating using meth and those already addicted.

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Talking About Drugs

For many people, bringing up the subject of drugs is difficult. Your teens may try to dodge the discussion, and you yourself may feel unsure about how to proceed. To boost your chances for a productive conversation, take some time to think through the issues you want to discuss before you talk with your parents or teen. Also, think about how you might react and respond to questions and feeling. When You Talk About Drugs - Tell your parent or teen that you love them and that you are worried that he/she might be using drugs or alcohol.

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What Do You Do and When

When you have a suspicion your teen is doing drugs, what do you do? First, learn as much as you can. Check out all of SelfGrowth.com for information on drug and alcohol use by teens. Know that there is help available for you and your child. In most communities, you can get help from your pediatrician, nurse, or other health care provider, a counselor at your child's school, or your faith community.

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Myths About Drug Treatment

Myth #1: Drug addiction is voluntary behavior. A person starts out as an occasional drug user, and that is a voluntary decision. But as times passes, something happens, and that person goes from being a voluntary drug user to being a compulsive drug user. Why? Because over time, continued use of addictive drugs changes your brain -- at times in dramatic, toxic ways, at others in more subtle ways, but virtually always in ways that result in compulsive and even uncontrollable drug use. Myth #2: More than anything else, drug addiction is a character flaw.

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Meth Lab Child Dangers

A child living at a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory is exposed to immediate dangers and to the ongoing effects of chemical contamination. In addition, the child may be subjected to fires and explosions, abuse and neglect, a hazardous lifestyle (including the presence of firearms), social problems, and other risks. Chemical Contaminationrnr

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Know Your Teens Friends

Get to know as many of your teen's friends as you can. Knowing his friends will help you tabs on his life and may help keep him out of trouble. If he and his friends hangs out at your house, introduce yourself and ask a question or two. If they don't hang out there, find ways to meet them, offer rides to and from events, have them over for dinner, etc. Stay alert to changes in his social circle, too. (When teens switch, it sometimes means trouble.) And if something doesn't seem right to you, act on it. If you don't like your teen's friends, figure out why.

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A Day In The Life of An SEO Pro

People really don’t know what A Day in the Life of an SEO Pro really consists of. Well, I’m here to tell you. This is how it starts: 5:30am Get up and turn on the computer. Grab a cup of joe while it downloads my emails. A SEO business is never closed, even though I checked my email last night at 2:00am, there are still over 30 new ones (not including spam!) – mostly from customers. So I spend the next hour replying to emails and deleting spam.

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Suspect Your Child Is Using Drugs

How can you tell if your child is using drugs? It is difficult because changes in mood or attitudes, unusual temper outbursts, changes in sleeping habits, changes in hobbies or other interests are common in teens. These changes often signal that something troubling is going on and may involve alcohol or drugs.

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Web Design of Sacramento

We are a web service based in Sacramento, California. We offer web design locally in Sacramento, as well as almost anywhere in the world.

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Meth Kills

Meth Kills is a organization started by a former meth addict offering advice, photos, and information about methamphetamine and the way it kills

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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Christopher Lowry

  • "Learn from my mistakes - not yours"
  • "Closed mouths don't get fed - If you want or need something, simply ask"

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