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difficult child still talking about using weed, even when he is in jail. I want to smack him ...
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 520227"><p>Janet - No judgement here.... lots of people smoke pot either recreationally or for medical reasons and don't have terrible results. I went to a talk recently and they said that 1 out of 6 people who smoke pot have a problem with getting addicted to it..... that means 5 out of 6 don't. I don't have a moral issue with pot smoking... I have an issue with it with my son because he clearly is one of those 1 out of 6 and it led him down a bad path and to other drugs (anything he could get his hands on).</p><p></p><p>PV - I so sympathize. I think our difficult children sometimes tell us what they think we want to hear... I will never do drugs again.... what I got from my sons new (old) therapist is those kinds of statemetns worry him because they are unrealistic for an addict.... so I think as parents we need to be wary when we hear those kinds of things.</p><p></p><p>If someone is really working AA then they will know it really truly is one day at a time. So addicts get sober by being sober one day, and then another day and then another day....in the beginning it really is about getting through a day being sober (sometimes the hour) and you get into trouble I think when you start thinking I can never drink or drug again. I know I am like that with food.... if I start feeling like I can never eat something again then that is all i want to eat...</p><p></p><p>So I would try to be open so that he can really be honest with you..... and hope like crazy that he figures it out over time.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 520227"] Janet - No judgement here.... lots of people smoke pot either recreationally or for medical reasons and don't have terrible results. I went to a talk recently and they said that 1 out of 6 people who smoke pot have a problem with getting addicted to it..... that means 5 out of 6 don't. I don't have a moral issue with pot smoking... I have an issue with it with my son because he clearly is one of those 1 out of 6 and it led him down a bad path and to other drugs (anything he could get his hands on). PV - I so sympathize. I think our difficult children sometimes tell us what they think we want to hear... I will never do drugs again.... what I got from my sons new (old) therapist is those kinds of statemetns worry him because they are unrealistic for an addict.... so I think as parents we need to be wary when we hear those kinds of things. If someone is really working AA then they will know it really truly is one day at a time. So addicts get sober by being sober one day, and then another day and then another day....in the beginning it really is about getting through a day being sober (sometimes the hour) and you get into trouble I think when you start thinking I can never drink or drug again. I know I am like that with food.... if I start feeling like I can never eat something again then that is all i want to eat... So I would try to be open so that he can really be honest with you..... and hope like crazy that he figures it out over time. TL [/QUOTE]
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