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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 507069" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Welcome Nicelady, your name fits you well, you sound like a very nice lady. I am sorry you have these issues with your son. So many of us are struggling with difficult child's who are abusing substances to deal with life. If your son refuses help and your parents are not able to take the steps necessary for him to get help, there isn't much you can do. Unfortunately his substance abuse may get to the point where you will need to do something.</p><p> </p><p>At 18 he can refuse residential treatment, however you can make that a condition for him living with you or your parents.Then it becomes his choice. We also have members here who had to accept the fact that their difficult child was not going to graduate from high school. I know that's very difficult to accept but if you can get him into residential and he can get help for his problem, he can always finish with his GED and still go to college.</p><p></p><p>We've had to make some difficult decisions as a family over the years but in the end we could not ignore our difficult child's drug/alcohol use. Every family has to come to that in their own time.</p><p></p><p>Hugs,</p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 507069, member: 59"] Welcome Nicelady, your name fits you well, you sound like a very nice lady. I am sorry you have these issues with your son. So many of us are struggling with difficult child's who are abusing substances to deal with life. If your son refuses help and your parents are not able to take the steps necessary for him to get help, there isn't much you can do. Unfortunately his substance abuse may get to the point where you will need to do something. At 18 he can refuse residential treatment, however you can make that a condition for him living with you or your parents.Then it becomes his choice. We also have members here who had to accept the fact that their difficult child was not going to graduate from high school. I know that's very difficult to accept but if you can get him into residential and he can get help for his problem, he can always finish with his GED and still go to college. We've had to make some difficult decisions as a family over the years but in the end we could not ignore our difficult child's drug/alcohol use. Every family has to come to that in their own time. Hugs, Nancy [/QUOTE]
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