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<blockquote data-quote="pinevalley" data-source="post: 530780" data-attributes="member: 3710"><p>Welcome to this board! I'm sorry that you are in crisis about your son. When kids smoke marijuana they usually lose all motivation and energy to do anything. Your son is probably not motivated to do anything because of his drug use. I know that you want to help to motivate him, but nothing that you say will work for him until he is not using drugs anymore. Please remember the 3 C's of drug abuse: You didn't cause it, you can't control it, and you can't cure it. Your son will not change until HE decides that he is sick and tired of living this way, and he realizes that he wants to change. </p><p></p><p>My son is 18 years old, and he started smoking weed several years ago. Unfortunately his drug use escalated from weed to pills and acid. His grades dropped in school and he lost most of his good friends and started hanging out with a new group of teens that we didn't even know. My h and I tried everything that we could to convince our son to enter rehab and get help for his drug problem. We begged, pleaded, screamed at him, tried to reason with him, and made bargains with our son, and absolutely nothing worked. He was out of control because of the drugs, and he eventually got arrested for theft, because he needed money for his habit. Our difficult child is in jail now, and this is the first time in a very long time that he is not using drugs and his mind is clear. He will have to pay serious consequences for the crimes he committed, but this was the only way for our son to get off drugs. I hope that you can get help for you son now, before it ruins his life. </p><p></p><p>Take care, and keep posting on this board. HUGS...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pinevalley, post: 530780, member: 3710"] Welcome to this board! I'm sorry that you are in crisis about your son. When kids smoke marijuana they usually lose all motivation and energy to do anything. Your son is probably not motivated to do anything because of his drug use. I know that you want to help to motivate him, but nothing that you say will work for him until he is not using drugs anymore. Please remember the 3 C's of drug abuse: You didn't cause it, you can't control it, and you can't cure it. Your son will not change until HE decides that he is sick and tired of living this way, and he realizes that he wants to change. My son is 18 years old, and he started smoking weed several years ago. Unfortunately his drug use escalated from weed to pills and acid. His grades dropped in school and he lost most of his good friends and started hanging out with a new group of teens that we didn't even know. My h and I tried everything that we could to convince our son to enter rehab and get help for his drug problem. We begged, pleaded, screamed at him, tried to reason with him, and made bargains with our son, and absolutely nothing worked. He was out of control because of the drugs, and he eventually got arrested for theft, because he needed money for his habit. Our difficult child is in jail now, and this is the first time in a very long time that he is not using drugs and his mind is clear. He will have to pay serious consequences for the crimes he committed, but this was the only way for our son to get off drugs. I hope that you can get help for you son now, before it ruins his life. Take care, and keep posting on this board. HUGS... [/QUOTE]
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