Inhalant Abuse Prevention

Your Brain Vs. Your Computer

DD — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:36:30 GMT

Is life that bad that kids turn to chemicals, poisonous chemicals in all shapes and forms?

I know what suffering is like because of one member of my family's bad decision. It is extremely deep pain & it has altered our lives forever. Nothing will ever be the same. Our family no longer has balance. We are heart broken. I love my son with all my soul, but he made mistakes after mistakes and we struggle to live with it now. He hid it from us which makes it even more painful.

... if you can get the perspective as in your brain is your body's computer. You would not want your computer to willingly be attacked by a virus. It can mess all of your programs and music up. You computer won't run correctly and might shut down and restart when you don't want it to. Wires can fry. Your favorite pictures could be deleted. You will loose all your information. Only certain buttons on your keyboard will work. The cursor freezes. All the work you put into your computer will be lost. The worst, your computer might not ever start back up again.

Your growing and fragile brain is your body's computer. Why attack it with junk and chemicals ? Would you do this to your computer ??? Why do it to your brain ?

Life is important and you only get one chance at it. Good behavior takes work, but it is worth it. From it you will create good thoughts and good feelings. Well, bad behavior...you know what that does...YOU ARE WORTH LIVING A GOOD LIFE.

TOMORROW , I M GETTING HELP....

Lisab — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:10:23 GMT

Its out of control my sniffing sorting of diesel fuel supplement i m going to a therapist and telling them all about this addiction, this addiction is taking over my life and i dont want it anymore.

example... today, i dont know what came over me i sniffed and sorting almost the entire day....i was spraying the stuff and neighbors were complaining of an odor, yeah my odor my inhalant
its seems once i sniff i cant stop i keep doing it
like i want to finish the bottle well its almost finished. i got a new idea, some idea, i bought nasal spray -- i dumped the nasal spray and put the diesel fuel in there... this is insane...

i want to get better, i want to get rid of this demon... i pray for this..
thank you for listening and tomorrow i cant wait to finally tell a therapist about this..........
regards,
lisa

Am I addicted?

Mistica — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:03:25 GMT

When I was in high school, I had tried sniffing nail polish once and admit that I did get a little of a high from it but when I had gotten myself a pet, I was able to stop in fear that he would be affected by the smell of it. He lived for about two years but died near the end of senior year. I didn't start up again until I had started college and also the stress that came with it. I continued off and on throughout but I wondered to myself once if I was addicted to this little habit. For the past year, I have been keeping track personally to see for myself, it seems that I can never go longer than three months and, well, the stress seems to get me to where I pick up the old container and take those few minutes to de-stress myself with it again. I never used to do this to relieve stress, in the past I used to do other things to calm myself like read, play video games, even draw but as I got older, doing those things just didn't do it for me anymore. I'm not the type of person who gets these sudden urges to do this, it just seems that if I become stressed that reaching for it is so easy but I know deep down that sniffing won't make the stress go away, it'll just push it aside for the while until the feeling of getting high is gone...so what I'm wondering is, since I still go back to it, am I addicted?

JOIN ME IN MY CAMPAIGN TO OUTLAW GAS DUSTER

tylersmom — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:13:35 GMT

I just completed writing a letter to the president and CEO of Falcon Safety Products, who were the inventors of compressed-air duster. YES, YOU HEARD IT CORRECTLY - THEY HAVE THE WORD SAFETY IN THEIR NAME. How is that for irony? I wrote it in response to a letter I received from him after I sent a letter to him regarding the death of my son. Basically he said - we put bitterants in their, we support education, there are many positive uses for it, etc. I dared him to come up with one use that was more important than the life of even one person. I told him bitterants were only put in there to make the manufacturer feel better about marketing a lethal product. I told him I would go to my grave begging state Attorneys General, state Departments of Consumer Protection, the US Food and Drug Administration, and whoever else I can get to listen to ban this product or delegate it to the list of controlled substances. PLEASE - WILL YOU ALL JOIN ME IN MY CAMPAIGN? Contact those persons in your state. Contact the President of Falcon Safety Products at the following address:

Philip M. Lapin
Falcon Safety Products
25 ImClone Drive
PO Box 1299
Branchburg, NJ 08876-1299

a legal way to die

vfellers — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:46:58 GMT

I have a 43 year old friend who has Croyns Diasease and became addicted to perscription drugs. He has now become addicted to huffing or dusting. He has been in rehab 4 times and everytime he cycles out and does it again. It is nothing for him to do 25 to 30 cans straight before he falls out and has to be hospitalized and then sent to rehab for 10 days then the cycle starts again. At this rate, especially after what I have read, he probably will kill himself with this computer duster stuff. His Mother stays in despair constantly over this and we are helpless to do anything for him because of his age. I can not beleive that this product continues to be sold so freely. The manufacturers obviously know that they aren't enjoying their record sales because everyone is cleaning thier computers this much. Come on! They have to know. Putting a danger warning on the can is useless as well as limiting the number of cans or the age. I read on here where a lady asked if anyone has gone after the manufacturers and retailers who are knowly selling "death" in a can and I didn't read any answer to her question. Has anyone? Where are the politicians in this discussion? I have spoke with the store managers at Walmart, Office Depot and Staples where he is buying this crap and they all admitted they knew what this stuff is capable of but passed the buck to corporate. To me this is no different than selling a drunk whiskey knowing he is drunk because it is obvious he is impaired and they ring him right up to drive away. Is it going to take the deaths of an important person's child or some other innocent person in a car crash somewhere to get someone's attention?

Dont do it!

azura — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:06:02 GMT

Hello, i have been coming on here for the past few weeks and reading all the posts. I am saddened when i read the posts. If you had a loaded gun with a bullet in it would you take the risk and pull the trigger. I think most people would say no. This is what you are doing when you inhale any chemical. I was a mother to a 17 year old boy but guess what he died. All it took was a sniff of some deodorant. Last time i seen him alive was when i waved him off to spend the weekend away with the cadets. I thought my son was safe. Wrong! A so called friend gave him some deodorant. If he had give him drugs he would of been charged with culpable homicide. I ask myself what the hell is the difference. Now all i have left is a box with his ashes in. He was my only child. I am devastated. If you are doing this please get help. A lot more people die doing this than you realise. Kids are just not being educated about this properly. I live in the UK. Another good website is re-solv if anyone wants to get more info. I still cannot look at any newspaper articles about my son. I cant bear it. What a waste of a life. He passed away in September last year. My only wish would be to turn back time but thats not possible. Please anyone sniffing/huffing please think about your family. I find it hard to get the picture of my son lying stone cold dead out of my head. He was so full of life.

College Moms Beware

DD — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:58:31 GMT

If I only knew. I trusted my kid to make good decisions. He was a good kid. Always did what he was suppose to do. My easy kid.

Beware of those kids who like to try experiments such as tasting new foods, to trying the latest power drinks. Those are the ones who like to take risks and they just don't know any better. They will have regrets later in life when it all catches up to them when they are about 22 yrs. old. When they realize they have to grow up after college.

Looking at our 23 yr. old son's e-mail and Ebay accounts I see CO2 cartridges ordered and 24 Whip Cream Canisters order from a coffee supply company off of Ebay. This was 2006. This was the start, the getaway to other things.

Check your college kids computers when they come home in the summer!! Check history, check bookmarks. Be a totally nosey parent! Don't trust them!!! Once they start to order things off the internet like mail order drugs, they will be put on a drug pushers e-mail list and they will get e-mails all the time tempting them. It is not illegal to order 24 Whip Cream Canisters, but to mail them to a college campus via Ebay pisses me off so bad! This in not right. It was the start of the numbing. He was trying to numb a traumatic experience and a bad feeling from a acne RX and was too young to buy alcohol. One thing leads to another and another after years...he regretted what he did until it was too late. Very long story. He really wanted to live, but he said he was having strokes. I can see it now. Learn from my son's mistakes. God, I miss him. We had such hopes for him. He was so intelligent too.

My mom is huffing

dauhgter — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:44:23 GMT

I recently found out my mom is huffing but I don't know exactly what. I understand there isn't really anything I can do about it but I can't watch her kill herself like this. She denied it until I caught her and now she just says she quit or is going to quit. I don't know what kind of answer I am looking for; maybe I just need to know if help is possible.

She is in here mid-forties, has had a history of cocaine abuse and is going through the loss of her father. I don't understand why or how she introduced herself to this drug but I need advice. She has been doing it atleast two months prior to the loss of her father.

Inhaling

serious — Thur, 08 Jul 2010 13:28:00 GMT

I was watching a program and it was about inhaling this one person got caught by the police numerous times and the police just looked at the can of duster and gave it back to her she actually asked the police why they were giving it back to her and they said that it wasnt counted as a drug and it was legal so they had to give it back.Sad right.But she was a surviver of the drug and she quit so that is good al least.

Huffing Cologne?

BrianDamage — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:16:36 GMT

been having problems with my 17 year old stepson...when me & wife first got married 2 years ago, we woke up to a house that reeked of paint thinner...our 13 year old had a friend staying over, so we questioned all 3 boys...the 17 year old reacted violently...

here a couple of weeks ago, in addition to text about marijuana, and catching him dipping tobacco, we found 2 empty air dusters in his room...denied knowing anything.

Last night my wife found a very neatly folded paper towel that has been soaked with cologne laying in his bedroom floor. We got looking around and found one empty cologne bottle and another with the pump/sprayed knocked off it (so there is just the hole in the top of the bottle)...this is the cologne we think was on the paper towel.

Also there have been numerous times when he has slept an unbelievably long time, and he has terrible, violent fits of rage when he is confronted about anything or told "no".

Been searching the net, but have found almost nothing on huffing cologne...is this feasible?

Loves to Huff/Sniff

jason — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:14:44 GMT

Hi,
I have been huffing sniffing inhalants for years on and off
i have tried treatment nothing worked,
basically i sniff paint thinner, gasoline, benzene, toulene, xylene mineral spriits like that

it relaxes me and i like many enjoy the smell, i like the aroma of the hydrocarbon airomatics it gives off, i know this is not normal

i find when i m stressed i sniff...
does anyone else have this, i dont drink or do drugs.s

my son and petrol

hilllo — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:09:49 GMT

my nearly 18 year old son inhales and snifs petrol. we have tried everything but he is just not interested. he is always in trouble with the police and is working with the youth offending team also has a health worker but them and us have had no luck trying to tell and show him the dangers. i am now scared to look in his room in the mornings incase i find him dead. please help dont know what to do nothing seems to be getting through to him.

this is so hard

kathleenbrady — Thur, 01 Jul 2010 15:58:44 GMT

It has been awhile since I've posted on here..I've read so many of these ..and It still boggles my mind that people don't think that death will happen to them..
I still count the weeks that my Brandon passed,69 of them now..I still wonder if he ever woke up as he lay there in the bathroom floor at his job..did he know what was happening,had he not left his phone in his car would he have been able to call fo help.
I have so many questions that I will never have answers for...you see he was a good young man and I miss him dearly everyday,I wonder how can this happen to my family.it happens to others.he was to marry and start a family of his own I was to hold my grandchildren,go to his home for Hollidays,watch him mature to even a more fine man.
It happens,please think of what you are doing and those you might leave behind on how this affects the rest of their lives.
My daughter now asks me when people ask if I have a sibling..what do I say..I said yes you have an older brother..that Passed away.

duster addiction in adults

tryinghard — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:28:05 GMT

I am having a hard time finding support and information on inhalant abuse. I have been addicted to dust off for about a year. I have lost my home, my business, my friends and family to this. I have had 2 DUIs related to duster use. I am trying my hardest to stop. I spent 120 days in residential treatment, 45 days in outpatient treatment and am now living in a sober house. I have 11 days clean. The most I have ever had is 28 days. It is hard to be taken seriously as an adult with this problem, most have only heard of it in teens and with periodic use. Many believe you can't actually become addicted. I am embarrassed to share my story among other addicts and in meetings because most think it isn't a "real" drug.

I am here to tell you otherwise. Duster will take you down as fast or faster than other drugs. The way it works, for me at least, is this: the first hit gives you a drunk feeling that wears off in 30 seconds or so. After the second or third hit, total blackout begins. I am completely unable to stop until the can is empty once blackout begins because I am totally unaware of what I am doing, where I am, etc. At this point, I don't have any conscious thought, am unresponsive to light, noise, pain or lack of air. Sometimes the bottle freezes to my skin, but I won't know until I find the chemical burns later. Sometimes while I am in blackout, I have seizures. Sometimes I lose control of my bowels. I often have uncontrolled vomiting. I have aspirated my own vomit. I have passed out in the running car in a closed garage, because I was too stoned to turn it off. A regular sized can will cause blackout for about 2 hours. Walmart sized can is for about 3 hours. I always use more than one can and have lost days at a time.

The aftermath: The bitterant is nasty and is never completely filtered, no matter how I try. I have uncontrolled nausea and vomiting for at least a day, depending how much is used. I always am dehydrated, but unable to eat or drink. Detoxing involves 2-3 days of insomnia. My brain is cloudy and my body is exhausted. I can feel if I have had seizures and detox lasts longer when I have. I have a severe, suicidal depression for 24-28 hours after a binge use. Mental cloudiness gradually subsides after a few days, but doesn't totally go away for about a month. I have trouble forming complete sentences and finding words. I avoid thinking about anything complex because it is just too hard. My attention span is like a hummingbird. That is something that hasn't come back yet. Since I started using, I have lost interest in most things I used to like. I can't sit through an entire movie, can't pay attention to books long enough to read (I used to read voraciously). I feel that in general, I am dumber. My once quick wit is blighted.

So, do I want to stop? Of course. It feels horrible and isn't worth it. I have no more chances with rehab or the sober house. If I get caught using, I go straight to jail. I know it isn't logical, but I still want to use.

I didn't start this addiction as a young or impoverished person, as the statistics would have you believe. I am in my mid 30s, female, college educated, middle class, ran a successful business, went to church on Sunday and had strong family ties. Before this, I had NO history of drug use and absolutely NO criminal record. This can happen to anyone.

All of You are not alone! and there is hope!

liz — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:49:47 GMT

the last few months leading up prior to this are posted here under the title "what realy helps us?" for all the new comers I am just like you. I have been addicted to inhalants for two years and have been trying to quit for a year. My mom found out (im 13) that i was buying pot. Then I whent under servalance. After that I broke down and told my mom about my inhalant adiction and that I wanted to die.
I thought my mom would freak out but she didn't.
No rehab would take me and I didnt want to be inpationt, so my mom scegualed an apointment with a phycyitrist. I felt so mutch better telling somebody. Ive been sober since june 1st and im not going to lie when i say ITS HARD. I was suicidle while i was going through my detox and felt like tottal sh!t. I got taken out of school early because of it.

what im trying to say is that anybody whos reading this... your not alone. I kept my secret hidden for two years before I got help. Geting help oppened up a new road of recovery for my depresion and anxiety as well, because I have anti depresants and anti anxiety medicen. The medicen made it alot easyer to quit but its STILL hard for me not to use and its been almost a month. I have REALY REALY bad cravings, but if i use then its a month of sobriety down the toilet.

I go to a tharapist twice a week and shes realy nice and helps me make sence of all these things I feel.

If you confess to an adult that you need help it will be the best desision you will ever make... even though the detox is prety rough. I feel alot better and I know you will too. And i shared your fears of admiting it to my parents. I honestly thought they would kill me, but they are actualy very understanding and suportive.

get help before its too late. it will be the best desision you will ever make