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18 yr old daughter has started smoking pot
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 660057" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Yeah, she probably or COULD have gotten depressed BECAUSE of using drugs. They cause all sorts of menal health issues and I was shocked to learn that I had no idea when my daughter started using drugs, how deeply s he was involved, and nothing we said mattered. They don't listen to us much at eighteen. She is on her own too. You can't do anything and anything you say she will probably think is "old person thinking." I'd stay out of it or you could make it worse. She may WANT help one day, but be too proud or rebellious to say, "I told you so."</p><p></p><p>Drug screens are useless because many drugs don't show up and the users know which ones so they can use and still test clean.</p><p></p><p>If you want support, I'd go to an Al-Anon meeting. That would probably help you more than anything you can say to your daughter at t his point in time.</p><p></p><p>If your kid is suddenly friends with drug users, they are using drugs and probably the same drugs. Drug users don't hang around with sober people just like non-drug users don't usually befriend heavy drug users. Like hangs with like. You can pretty much tell where your daughter is at by who her friends are, but if you get involved, you may cut off your communication with her for good and she is still very young. You can't make her stop though. Eighteen is legal.</p><p></p><p>I hope things get better. In the mean time, be good to yourself and see a private therapist to learn how to cope with being helpless to help (so to speak) and/or go to Al-Anon. Don't try to do this alone. And come here. We will support you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 660057, member: 1550"] Yeah, she probably or COULD have gotten depressed BECAUSE of using drugs. They cause all sorts of menal health issues and I was shocked to learn that I had no idea when my daughter started using drugs, how deeply s he was involved, and nothing we said mattered. They don't listen to us much at eighteen. She is on her own too. You can't do anything and anything you say she will probably think is "old person thinking." I'd stay out of it or you could make it worse. She may WANT help one day, but be too proud or rebellious to say, "I told you so." Drug screens are useless because many drugs don't show up and the users know which ones so they can use and still test clean. If you want support, I'd go to an Al-Anon meeting. That would probably help you more than anything you can say to your daughter at t his point in time. If your kid is suddenly friends with drug users, they are using drugs and probably the same drugs. Drug users don't hang around with sober people just like non-drug users don't usually befriend heavy drug users. Like hangs with like. You can pretty much tell where your daughter is at by who her friends are, but if you get involved, you may cut off your communication with her for good and she is still very young. You can't make her stop though. Eighteen is legal. I hope things get better. In the mean time, be good to yourself and see a private therapist to learn how to cope with being helpless to help (so to speak) and/or go to Al-Anon. Don't try to do this alone. And come here. We will support you. [/QUOTE]
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