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18 year old difficult child, homeless for 5 days and then arrested, it's a nightmare
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 485996" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Another one whose daughter was heavily into drugs.</p><p></p><p>1/I do not believe your difficult child is only smoking pot daily. I think he is into far more serious drugs. According to my daughter, who is now clean, kids will cop to pot but often that's usually just the tip of the ice berg. She also told me that if you use, you sell. That was hard for us to hear and I don't know if it's true, but that is what she told us. We had to kick her out too. That's when she started to get better after a few false starts. </p><p></p><p>2/Your son will not get anything out of rehab if he doesn't want to quit doing drugs. It is a waste of your money. You can't force him to try. But I wouldn't let him live at home unless he does want to quit. It will just be more of the same.</p><p></p><p>3/This is the hardest, but it is my honest guess: He almost stole the ladies purse, not because he was hungry in my opinion (it sounds good and pulls at Mom's heart strings), but my guess is that he wanted/needed money for drugs and maybe he was lifting money from you for a while too. When he wasn't at home, he had to mug a lady to get money. This is very serious. One does not behave this way just because of pot, although, trust me, I'm not a pot fan either. Still...it doesn't cause kids to rob people.</p><p></p><p>I would not allow him to drive you vehicles since you know he uses drugs. My daughter cracked up three cars, one being a car that was not her own. In that accident, the lady she hit sued her for $15,000 and she had to keep paying it long after she had quit using drugs. She could have been killed or killed somebody else.</p><p></p><p>If you want good, real life and in person help, go to narc-anon or al-anon to talk to others in your area who have been in your shoes. You can not control your son at his age. (((Hugs))) I have been there and been scared. I thought my kid was going to end up in prison or die. She didn't. She quit. It can happen, but in my opinion it's best not to be too sympathetic or helpful. Then they have no incentive to give up the habit...good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 485996, member: 1550"] Another one whose daughter was heavily into drugs. 1/I do not believe your difficult child is only smoking pot daily. I think he is into far more serious drugs. According to my daughter, who is now clean, kids will cop to pot but often that's usually just the tip of the ice berg. She also told me that if you use, you sell. That was hard for us to hear and I don't know if it's true, but that is what she told us. We had to kick her out too. That's when she started to get better after a few false starts. 2/Your son will not get anything out of rehab if he doesn't want to quit doing drugs. It is a waste of your money. You can't force him to try. But I wouldn't let him live at home unless he does want to quit. It will just be more of the same. 3/This is the hardest, but it is my honest guess: He almost stole the ladies purse, not because he was hungry in my opinion (it sounds good and pulls at Mom's heart strings), but my guess is that he wanted/needed money for drugs and maybe he was lifting money from you for a while too. When he wasn't at home, he had to mug a lady to get money. This is very serious. One does not behave this way just because of pot, although, trust me, I'm not a pot fan either. Still...it doesn't cause kids to rob people. I would not allow him to drive you vehicles since you know he uses drugs. My daughter cracked up three cars, one being a car that was not her own. In that accident, the lady she hit sued her for $15,000 and she had to keep paying it long after she had quit using drugs. She could have been killed or killed somebody else. If you want good, real life and in person help, go to narc-anon or al-anon to talk to others in your area who have been in your shoes. You can not control your son at his age. (((Hugs))) I have been there and been scared. I thought my kid was going to end up in prison or die. She didn't. She quit. It can happen, but in my opinion it's best not to be too sympathetic or helpful. Then they have no incentive to give up the habit...good luck! [/QUOTE]
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