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Cristy: The Alcoholic Meth Addict
Cristy: The Alcoholic Meth Addict
Terri J. Limbaugh
MTSU
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This research paper explores an episode and ten published articles that report on Alcohol and Methanphamine Drug addiction.
Cristy: The Alcoholic Meth Addict
The episode “Crisy on Meth” is about a twenty-four year old woman named Cristy who was once a popular and sweet girl that is now addicted to alcohol and crystal methamphetamine. This episode is an attention-grabbing reality program on the A&E Network. Cristy’s addictions have driven her and her family into a complete crisis. This episode is a real life glimpse into alcohol and methamphetamine addiction and how it affects the whole family.
Cristy has been an alcohol and methamphetamine addict for over ten years. She was born into a close knit Catholic family and had a good childhood. Cristy was once a popular and energetic girl who loved to sing and dance. She was nominated for homecoming queen and wanted to be a clothing designer. Of course this was all before she became addicted to alcohol and crystal methamphetamine.
Cristy’s story, like so many others is heart-breaking because she is so very lost in her addiction. Cristy’s story is also a glimpse into the family life of an addicted person. I could see that Cristy’s family truly loves her and would do anything for her. Her family’s love makes them try and continue to help but they are just enabling her addiction. The family members, especially her father, enable her because of the guilt from divorcing her mother when Cristy was young.
As a child, Cristy’s parents were divorced when she was nine and that is apparently what paved her way to a trouble filled future. She began using alcohol and crystal methamphetamine and became addicted at age thirteen. She also became addicted to speed without her mother’s knowledge, which happens so many times in families today. Cristy became a totally different person, from not caring about authority to staying out late, and fighting with her


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