What are the effects of meth?
The effects of meth can vary from person to person – just because you don't experience psychosis or pick at your skin doesn't mean you don't have a problem.
Meth can affect a person physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. The physical effects of long-term meth use can include weight loss, malnutrition, poor dental health, scabs from picking and damage to the nervous system.
The mental and emotional effects of using meth will vary from person to person. If using meth causes you to stay up for days on end, not to eat properly and not look after yourself chances are you are going to end up feeling pretty bad.
Be honest with yourself when you think about what effect meth has had on your life. How are your finances? What are you relationships with family, friends and community like? Have people told you your personality has changed?
Sometimes when you are in the thick of meth use, it’s hard to see how much your life has changed. Take a step back and try looking at it through the eyes of someone else. Do you like what you see?
It doesn’t matter if you don’t consider yourself to fit into the stereotype of a meth user. If you are using meth and you are concerned about the impact it is having on your life, do something about it.
Pick up the phone and call a drug and alcohol counsellor or the Alcohol Drug Helpline – 0800 787 797. There is a way out of meth addiction. You can change for the better.
“I can’t go to sleep, because I’ve got nothing left in my pocket. I don’t’ want to do those days any more — so it was like keep going, man. You just keep going.” Trent
"But I’ll always be an addict because I know that I enjoy it far too much, and I have it once, I have it twice, that’s it." Darcy
