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17 yr old son hanging out with members of a gang and doing drugs
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 675256" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I too believe it is substance abuse. What else do gangbangers do? My daughter knew quite a few gangster-wanna-bes who did drugs when she used them. They scared me to death...I had two younger kids to protect. Now that she is clean, and has been for many years, she has come clean with all she had tried, and that included heroin. This shocked me as I always thought that heroin was one of those drugs you were hooked on the first time, but it must not be true. She most certainly doesn't use now. Her main drug of choice when she did use was any sort of speed from ADHD drugs (crushed into a pillcrusher and snorted) to meth. I had no idea it was that bad and thought it was mostly weed.</p><p></p><p>I'm not surprised your son's therapist missed it. They don't live with our kids. My daughter was in a psychiatrist hospital for two weeks and they felt she had cleaned up her act so foolishly we believed it as well with consequences. They are good at fooling us when they are actively suffering from the disease of addiction (yes, it's a disease).</p><p></p><p>Please do all you can now, if you can do anything, because eighteen is too late and then many of us have had to make the adult children choose between the drugs and home. I was very lucky my daughter chose to quit...it was 100% her decision and was very hard for her to do. I really thought at one time she would die or end up on jail. She was so skinny and pale and she is not built skinny nor is she pale. It is nice now to see her pleasantly plump and a productive citizen with a house and a SO and a lovely baby whom s he takes such good care of. You could never have sold me that this would be the outcome when she was using. Drugs literally take our children and make them different people! They lie, lie, lie. It is part of the illness. Yes, they revert back to themselves once they quit. Or at least my daughter has.</p><p></p><p>Never give up hope, but don't enable. It doesn't help or work for them or for us and we matter too. Lots and lots of hugs to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 675256, member: 1550"] I too believe it is substance abuse. What else do gangbangers do? My daughter knew quite a few gangster-wanna-bes who did drugs when she used them. They scared me to death...I had two younger kids to protect. Now that she is clean, and has been for many years, she has come clean with all she had tried, and that included heroin. This shocked me as I always thought that heroin was one of those drugs you were hooked on the first time, but it must not be true. She most certainly doesn't use now. Her main drug of choice when she did use was any sort of speed from ADHD drugs (crushed into a pillcrusher and snorted) to meth. I had no idea it was that bad and thought it was mostly weed. I'm not surprised your son's therapist missed it. They don't live with our kids. My daughter was in a psychiatrist hospital for two weeks and they felt she had cleaned up her act so foolishly we believed it as well with consequences. They are good at fooling us when they are actively suffering from the disease of addiction (yes, it's a disease). Please do all you can now, if you can do anything, because eighteen is too late and then many of us have had to make the adult children choose between the drugs and home. I was very lucky my daughter chose to quit...it was 100% her decision and was very hard for her to do. I really thought at one time she would die or end up on jail. She was so skinny and pale and she is not built skinny nor is she pale. It is nice now to see her pleasantly plump and a productive citizen with a house and a SO and a lovely baby whom s he takes such good care of. You could never have sold me that this would be the outcome when she was using. Drugs literally take our children and make them different people! They lie, lie, lie. It is part of the illness. Yes, they revert back to themselves once they quit. Or at least my daughter has. Never give up hope, but don't enable. It doesn't help or work for them or for us and we matter too. Lots and lots of hugs to you. [/QUOTE]
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