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I just discovered my 17 yo is doing drugs
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<blockquote data-quote="comatheart" data-source="post: 610456" data-attributes="member: 16859"><p>My son is also 17. He was an AP student, football player, amazing artist (even winning first place in the whole nation a few yrs back)... </p><p></p><p>I'm not even sure when it started to turn exactly. He talks of use as early as 15. We really had no idea. Looking back, there were red flags, but we believed his stories. He struggled with depression, but he kept his grades up and attended school regularly etc. Anyway, at some point he couldn't keep up anymore. The lies escalated, stealing, grades falling, dropping out of activities, crashed 2 cars, went through 4 jobs...at this point we knew he was experimenting more heavily and his psychiatrist suggested we get him into an inpatient substance abuse facility because our time was short. She explained, after he turns 18, we won't be able to make him go. We were actively looking for a facility when he tried to hang himself 20 minutes after my husband confiscated his pipe. He's in rehab now. </p><p></p><p>I guess my point is that it can take a bad turn pretty fast. If I were you, the first thing I'd do at this point is take her for a drug/alcohol assessment. They will talk to her, TEST her (I don't think you said if you've given her a drug test to verify that's all she's using? From what I've seen so far in our journey, Drug addicts are EXCELLENT liars!) and then tell you what you should do. Whether that's individual or group counseling, an Intensive Outpatient program or Rehab.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="comatheart, post: 610456, member: 16859"] My son is also 17. He was an AP student, football player, amazing artist (even winning first place in the whole nation a few yrs back)... I'm not even sure when it started to turn exactly. He talks of use as early as 15. We really had no idea. Looking back, there were red flags, but we believed his stories. He struggled with depression, but he kept his grades up and attended school regularly etc. Anyway, at some point he couldn't keep up anymore. The lies escalated, stealing, grades falling, dropping out of activities, crashed 2 cars, went through 4 jobs...at this point we knew he was experimenting more heavily and his psychiatrist suggested we get him into an inpatient substance abuse facility because our time was short. She explained, after he turns 18, we won't be able to make him go. We were actively looking for a facility when he tried to hang himself 20 minutes after my husband confiscated his pipe. He's in rehab now. I guess my point is that it can take a bad turn pretty fast. If I were you, the first thing I'd do at this point is take her for a drug/alcohol assessment. They will talk to her, TEST her (I don't think you said if you've given her a drug test to verify that's all she's using? From what I've seen so far in our journey, Drug addicts are EXCELLENT liars!) and then tell you what you should do. Whether that's individual or group counseling, an Intensive Outpatient program or Rehab. [/QUOTE]
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