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How do you find joy?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 604626" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Ok, thanks. Well, right now I'd hold out his electronics unless he stops using drugs and goes for help.</p><p></p><p>You can be happy in spite of his problems. I highly recommend Al-Anon or Narc-Anon. You can not really control your son's self-destruction. He is too old and will do what he wants when he's not with you. But you can still have a happy, rich, meaningful life in spite of him. These groups help us learn to detach with love.</p><p></p><p>My daughter started using drugs at age 12. (Yes, 12). By fifteen, I had called the police on her and it wasn't the first time. She is doing well now. I hope your son does too. But no matter what happens to him YOU deserve a good life. You are a good mother and have other kids doing well to prove it. You shouldn't punish yourself because your son is deliberately making himself unhappy and addicted. Is he abusing his ADHD drugs? It's very common (per my knowing daughter who was a drug user). They crush them in pillcrushers and snort them either alone or with others. I'd make sure you locked up his script and gave him his medications. And don't expect them to really work either if he is taking other drugs to counteract what they are supposed to do to help him. been there done that, wore the tee-shirt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 604626, member: 1550"] Ok, thanks. Well, right now I'd hold out his electronics unless he stops using drugs and goes for help. You can be happy in spite of his problems. I highly recommend Al-Anon or Narc-Anon. You can not really control your son's self-destruction. He is too old and will do what he wants when he's not with you. But you can still have a happy, rich, meaningful life in spite of him. These groups help us learn to detach with love. My daughter started using drugs at age 12. (Yes, 12). By fifteen, I had called the police on her and it wasn't the first time. She is doing well now. I hope your son does too. But no matter what happens to him YOU deserve a good life. You are a good mother and have other kids doing well to prove it. You shouldn't punish yourself because your son is deliberately making himself unhappy and addicted. Is he abusing his ADHD drugs? It's very common (per my knowing daughter who was a drug user). They crush them in pillcrushers and snort them either alone or with others. I'd make sure you locked up his script and gave him his medications. And don't expect them to really work either if he is taking other drugs to counteract what they are supposed to do to help him. been there done that, wore the tee-shirt. [/QUOTE]
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