Case Study | Sarah

My family is nuts. Dad is very wealthy having made most of his money from investments over the past twenty years. He is a highly functioning alcoholic and does cocaine now and then with business associates. My whole family was involved in drugs. My dad was so worried about my drug use and lack of direction or motivation, that he bought me a small catering company last year. The company has been doing well. I am really busy working events late into the night and partying with friends afterwards. My mother and I, along with my younger brother, like to shoot dope. Since we are all family, we have shared works and didn’t worry about contracting or spreading any diseases. My mom died last month of liver failure. Three weeks ago I got busted trying to buy more drugs. Once I was in jail they drew my blood. The tests came back saying that I had hepatitis B. My mom and I shared works, and also ended up sharing the virus. After reading some stuff on hepatitis B I realized that there is a vaccine to prevent hepatitis B. I should have gotten it. I have been seeing someone off and on and have been struggling with my drug use and my mother’s death for the last several weeks.

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