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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 617002" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Patriots Girl, your post rang a big bell in MY head. Now I had always thought that meth is like a stimulant and keeps your awake. But my daughter told me that while it did, she needed tos leep and took downers to do so. The result was, she slept a real lot. We did take her to a doctor and he wondered if she had mono, but that test came back negative...so we figured it was drugs again.</p><p></p><p>To the OP, some drug using young adults get their lives together. Ours did. However, it takes hard work and heartache on our part to help our adult kids. They do not need nurturing or our denial, which most of us do go through because, after all, this IS our beloved child. Seriously, most need tough love, sometimes to be forced to leave our warm homes, and an earful about ether going to rehab or being 100% on their own. My daughter and Patriots Girl both changed when they were in situations where they had lots of time to think hard (correct if I'm wrong, PG). They were not at home getting hot meals, love, understanding, compassionate tell-us-your-heart talks, soft beds or "understanding"...nor could they abuse us because they were not living with us.</p><p></p><p>That is not the way to get a drug using child to suddenly rethink his life (or her life). Also, many of our kids quit, then go back to it. I believe that who they choose as friends tells a lot about the story of their lives while they are not with us. Until my daughter dumped her druggie connections, which made her one lonely nineteen year old girl who was now living in another state with a very coldhearted but very straight arrow brother, we did not believe shes quit anything and we were right.</p><p></p><p>Birds of a feather stick together...a cliche, but usually a correct one.</p><p></p><p>Hugs and good luck. This is a very lot to take in, but you need to move forward with your own life and not let this child push you around. Do you have other kids who are nice to you? Often they get the shaft while we angst about our kids who are choosing to destroy themselves. That's not really fair. They need our company and will usually really enrich our lives <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 617002, member: 1550"] Patriots Girl, your post rang a big bell in MY head. Now I had always thought that meth is like a stimulant and keeps your awake. But my daughter told me that while it did, she needed tos leep and took downers to do so. The result was, she slept a real lot. We did take her to a doctor and he wondered if she had mono, but that test came back negative...so we figured it was drugs again. To the OP, some drug using young adults get their lives together. Ours did. However, it takes hard work and heartache on our part to help our adult kids. They do not need nurturing or our denial, which most of us do go through because, after all, this IS our beloved child. Seriously, most need tough love, sometimes to be forced to leave our warm homes, and an earful about ether going to rehab or being 100% on their own. My daughter and Patriots Girl both changed when they were in situations where they had lots of time to think hard (correct if I'm wrong, PG). They were not at home getting hot meals, love, understanding, compassionate tell-us-your-heart talks, soft beds or "understanding"...nor could they abuse us because they were not living with us. That is not the way to get a drug using child to suddenly rethink his life (or her life). Also, many of our kids quit, then go back to it. I believe that who they choose as friends tells a lot about the story of their lives while they are not with us. Until my daughter dumped her druggie connections, which made her one lonely nineteen year old girl who was now living in another state with a very coldhearted but very straight arrow brother, we did not believe shes quit anything and we were right. Birds of a feather stick together...a cliche, but usually a correct one. Hugs and good luck. This is a very lot to take in, but you need to move forward with your own life and not let this child push you around. Do you have other kids who are nice to you? Often they get the shaft while we angst about our kids who are choosing to destroy themselves. That's not really fair. They need our company and will usually really enrich our lives :) [/QUOTE]
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