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Teen ran away (again) ... should I call police?
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<blockquote data-quote="myfirstandlast" data-source="post: 287652" data-attributes="member: 3420"><p>No news is good news, right? Haven't heard from her bio-mom at all, the original plan was for them to return on 7/12 so maybe we have one final week of peace to plan ...</p><p></p><p>Bad news is our insurance will not cover an inpatient drug treatment or mental health program, the only thing that can be done is to try to take her to the emergency room IF we catch her in imminent danger of dying from either drugs or suicide attempt.</p><p></p><p>I'm in a pretty ugly place here. I don't want her to come back to our house (not without at least 30 days of intervention) and neither do the kids. Dad doesn't want her to stay with her mom, her mom doesn't want her there either, so that only leaves our house ... or whatever druggie adult friend will take her in. We would have to leave her home alone with the two younger kids as we both work, and I don't want to do that. husband works as a temp and doesn't have any leave time he can take; he's already taken lots of time off due to crises and appointments, we're treading on thin ice there. Hell if I want to be home with them all. daughter-11 confided that daughter-16 really, really HATES me ... thinks that every time she gets in trouble it is due to me putting her dad up to it, hates my rules, hates chores, hates limits, and of course everything is MY fault. Ugh.</p><p></p><p>I have tried SO hard to make this fragmented unit into a family, but now, I swear, sometimes I think the only way to survive is for my husband and the oldest to move out and live in an apartment together or something until she's 18 and no longer our legal responsibility. No matter how much we try to stand united this really divides us. We are still very much in love, committed, faithful, strong people, but my strength is fading ... when he's stressed, he yells at the kids more, and I'm on the verge of a breakdown. There is nothing I can't stand as much as feeling helpless and having no control over a situation to make it better.</p><p></p><p>So, let's see, I know about the Darvocet, Ambien, Adderall, Ultram and weed ... cutting and suicidal threats ... failing school, skipping classes ... drugs in school, sharing pills ... unprotected sex ... multiple partners in a short period of time ... sneaking out ... running away from home and hiding out with 19 and 22 year old men ... what don't I know about yet?! How much more can I take?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="myfirstandlast, post: 287652, member: 3420"] No news is good news, right? Haven't heard from her bio-mom at all, the original plan was for them to return on 7/12 so maybe we have one final week of peace to plan ... Bad news is our insurance will not cover an inpatient drug treatment or mental health program, the only thing that can be done is to try to take her to the emergency room IF we catch her in imminent danger of dying from either drugs or suicide attempt. I'm in a pretty ugly place here. I don't want her to come back to our house (not without at least 30 days of intervention) and neither do the kids. Dad doesn't want her to stay with her mom, her mom doesn't want her there either, so that only leaves our house ... or whatever druggie adult friend will take her in. We would have to leave her home alone with the two younger kids as we both work, and I don't want to do that. husband works as a temp and doesn't have any leave time he can take; he's already taken lots of time off due to crises and appointments, we're treading on thin ice there. Hell if I want to be home with them all. daughter-11 confided that daughter-16 really, really HATES me ... thinks that every time she gets in trouble it is due to me putting her dad up to it, hates my rules, hates chores, hates limits, and of course everything is MY fault. Ugh. I have tried SO hard to make this fragmented unit into a family, but now, I swear, sometimes I think the only way to survive is for my husband and the oldest to move out and live in an apartment together or something until she's 18 and no longer our legal responsibility. No matter how much we try to stand united this really divides us. We are still very much in love, committed, faithful, strong people, but my strength is fading ... when he's stressed, he yells at the kids more, and I'm on the verge of a breakdown. There is nothing I can't stand as much as feeling helpless and having no control over a situation to make it better. So, let's see, I know about the Darvocet, Ambien, Adderall, Ultram and weed ... cutting and suicidal threats ... failing school, skipping classes ... drugs in school, sharing pills ... unprotected sex ... multiple partners in a short period of time ... sneaking out ... running away from home and hiding out with 19 and 22 year old men ... what don't I know about yet?! How much more can I take? [/QUOTE]
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