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Update - another call from police etc.
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 435815" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am proud of you for handling the entire thing the way you did. You did not freak when you learned his girlfriend broke up and he relapsed with alcohol. Then he clearly felt safe enough to tell you about his heroin experience and hwo he felt about it. He clearly has friends who care and are willing to call the cops to check on him when he is talking about drugs. That alone is HUGE. Many of the people I knew who talked about drugs did not EVER have anyone but their parents who would call the cops or 911 if they are in trouble. It is wonderful that when he is talking about drugs his friends will send the cops. They have to know that if he is high or has drugs on him he would likely end up in jail, and possibly be angry, but they care enough to call anyway. He has chosen some excellent friends. I know people in AA here who won't do that - because the cops are somehow the enemy. (Never understood that either, but I am sort of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) about rules.)</p><p></p><p>The entire thing shows me how much you and difficult child love each other. He loves you enough to explain what was going on, and he trusts you enough to be brutally honest. That is HUGE and will likely carry him over almsot any kind of rocky path to a better life. So many times kids do things that they cannot tell their parents about and then they are ashamed so they do those thigns again to escape the shame feelings. This is a real positive for someone working on staying sober.</p><p></p><p>It must be so horrible to hear you child tell you he has tried heroin and has said things that got his friends afraid for his safety. I don't know how you kept from crying or screaming when youheard, but you handled it excelelntly. Now you have to work through these feelings and process them and what they mean for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 435815, member: 1233"] I am proud of you for handling the entire thing the way you did. You did not freak when you learned his girlfriend broke up and he relapsed with alcohol. Then he clearly felt safe enough to tell you about his heroin experience and hwo he felt about it. He clearly has friends who care and are willing to call the cops to check on him when he is talking about drugs. That alone is HUGE. Many of the people I knew who talked about drugs did not EVER have anyone but their parents who would call the cops or 911 if they are in trouble. It is wonderful that when he is talking about drugs his friends will send the cops. They have to know that if he is high or has drugs on him he would likely end up in jail, and possibly be angry, but they care enough to call anyway. He has chosen some excellent friends. I know people in AA here who won't do that - because the cops are somehow the enemy. (Never understood that either, but I am sort of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) about rules.) The entire thing shows me how much you and difficult child love each other. He loves you enough to explain what was going on, and he trusts you enough to be brutally honest. That is HUGE and will likely carry him over almsot any kind of rocky path to a better life. So many times kids do things that they cannot tell their parents about and then they are ashamed so they do those thigns again to escape the shame feelings. This is a real positive for someone working on staying sober. It must be so horrible to hear you child tell you he has tried heroin and has said things that got his friends afraid for his safety. I don't know how you kept from crying or screaming when youheard, but you handled it excelelntly. Now you have to work through these feelings and process them and what they mean for you. [/QUOTE]
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