Vanguard Web Extra: Follow-up with Todd 3 Months Later

Oxy`s are dangerous to some ppl i was given them for almost 2 years and now i`m hook on them... I`m not going any further then that this is not the place for it. I just want other readers to know that things are not always black and white..

Thanks "Lenny". I am just shocked about this whole damn thing, and the lack of consideration for our family. I cannot believe that he would subject the family and my nieces and nephew to this. His Mother is so terrible to enable them...free house, free bills, and whatever else they wanted. And I know realistically that he did not force her to do these drugs, that she made her own choices, but for him to publicize my sisters death and claim he is some sort of victim is absolutely absurd. He claims to want to get better for his daughter but makes no real attempt at it. She NEEDS her father since her Mother is no longer with us. I miss her every single GOD damn day and its no fair that we were not warned before this broadcast-ed. I am in complete shock and utter disgust. I wish everyone knew how special Stephanie was. She was the most caring, lovable, sensitive, funny, and beautiful. Everyone who met her, instantly loved her. She really was a pure joy in this world and is severely missed. Next time Vanguard should focus on the people who have struggled to actually get clean, not just b.s. like Tod does. Or even the poor souls who actually have a legitimate reason to take these medicines. They can't even get what they need cause the drug addicts are making it so difficult. This world is F*D

It's too bad Todd can't see the REAL picture.

I know him, he was in my family and I know for a fact that he is still using marijuana & alcohol (and who knows what else);
Seboxin is a drug that is used to help detox off the opiates;
To be used a week TOPS!!!
To continually use seboxin is just as bad as using Methadon.

He will not ever recover as long as he does not maintain COMPLETE abstinence.

Todd has caused untold people much pain; including getting his wife (my daughter) hooked on that stuff and as a result overdosing and dying.

To portray him as a person trying to do something about his addiction is blasphemous and a lie.

This is a result of Todd's mom Maureen, enabling him in his addiction.
While he was on the opiates in his active addiction his mom would pay his rent, bought him a car and just let him run himself & my daughter to the ground.
And she knew about addiction since her other son previously died from the same thing---no excuse!!!

My daughter has left behind 3 children (one from Todd).
What are these children to tink when they get older?
Do they google Todd's name and get this sham of an interview?

He has NOT taken ANY responsibility for his daughter, who is a beautiful 3 year old; he visits her several times a month while on his seboxin 'mummy' like state. I witnessed it. What a shame.

Todd told me 3 months ago that he does not get into any NA/AA meetings, he doesn't like them, he lies when he gets there (he does not tell them he is on marijuana/alcohol/seboxin), and is trying to do it 'his way'.

It is really a shame that this station would choose to run his story when there are MANY, THOUSANDS of recovering addicts that are leading clean productive lives for many years---and then PAY him for this warped story at that.
He probably used the money to get MORE drugs!!

You guys should find a REAL recovering addict that has made it all the way back from the depths, instead of a guy you have to pay money, who has not made a decision to do so yet.

I feel for Todd I have been going through similar with the Oxy. After only 2 years of use for pain. I suffer from depression and fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis. I found other ways to deal with the pain but miss the energy and feeling good, happy and motivated. I wish there were a way to chat with Todd directly. Narcotics Anonymous is the most help for me and saves millions of addicts.

It's good to see that Todd is trying to make his life better. Thank you for sharing the story "The OxyContin Express".