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<blockquote data-quote="pinevalley" data-source="post: 551328" data-attributes="member: 3710"><p>Welcome to this board. I'm so sorry for the nightmare that you are going through with your son. I know all about the fear and desperation that comes when a child that you love is addicted.</p><p></p><p>I know that this is very hard to accept, but the others are right, that your son will not get help until he is ready and really wants to get better. I know that you are doing everything that you can think of to get help for your son, and to make him realize how he is destroying his life. Unfortunately, in the eyes of the law he is an adult now, and you can not force him to get treatment. If he continues to use drugs all the time then he will probably lose his job, and he will become desperate for money. Please do NOT give him any money at all unless he agrees to go to an inpatient center for treatment. </p><p></p><p>The most helpful thing that you can do right now is to get help for yourself. I go to a Family Anonymous support group for parents of addicts, and it has been a great comfort to me to meet other parents and to know that I am not alone with a son who is an addict. There are even meetings online if you can not find a group in your area. I hope that you can get support for yourself, because this will help you to become stronger, and you will be able to deal with your son in a better way. Let us know how you are doing too. I am sending you wishes for strength in the days ahead. HUGS....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pinevalley, post: 551328, member: 3710"] Welcome to this board. I'm so sorry for the nightmare that you are going through with your son. I know all about the fear and desperation that comes when a child that you love is addicted. I know that this is very hard to accept, but the others are right, that your son will not get help until he is ready and really wants to get better. I know that you are doing everything that you can think of to get help for your son, and to make him realize how he is destroying his life. Unfortunately, in the eyes of the law he is an adult now, and you can not force him to get treatment. If he continues to use drugs all the time then he will probably lose his job, and he will become desperate for money. Please do NOT give him any money at all unless he agrees to go to an inpatient center for treatment. The most helpful thing that you can do right now is to get help for yourself. I go to a Family Anonymous support group for parents of addicts, and it has been a great comfort to me to meet other parents and to know that I am not alone with a son who is an addict. There are even meetings online if you can not find a group in your area. I hope that you can get support for yourself, because this will help you to become stronger, and you will be able to deal with your son in a better way. Let us know how you are doing too. I am sending you wishes for strength in the days ahead. HUGS.... [/QUOTE]
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