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A good update - second year anniversary !
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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 501710" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Deb,</p><p></p><p>That is wonderful news and I am so proud of him also. It does give us hope because I remember those early days with your difficult child and what you went through, what your whole family went through. You make an excellent point, you never gave up on him but there were times you had to turn your back on him. That is so relevant to so many of us right now. It's important for us to remember that turning our backs on our difficult children when they are actively using and not in recovery is not the same as giving up on them. </p><p></p><p>The other good point you make is that an addict is an addict and it doesn't matter what your first drug of choice is, if that is not available you will go to something else. The substance abuse center difficult child was in was very clear that if you are a drug addict you must also give up alcohol, and vise versa of course. Most drug addicts were very surprised to hear that. Our druggie neighbor who was responsible for giving difficult child her first pot cigarette at the age of 14 is now a heroin addict and currently in court ordered treatment. He is about to graduate from drug court so he goes home on weekends and guess what? He drinks every weekend until he gets wasted. He may graduate from drug court but he will soon be back in jail for DUI.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for sharing your happy news with us weary souls and reminding us that there is hope out there.</p><p></p><p>I hope your difficult child is as proud of himself as we all are of him.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 501710, member: 59"] Deb, That is wonderful news and I am so proud of him also. It does give us hope because I remember those early days with your difficult child and what you went through, what your whole family went through. You make an excellent point, you never gave up on him but there were times you had to turn your back on him. That is so relevant to so many of us right now. It's important for us to remember that turning our backs on our difficult children when they are actively using and not in recovery is not the same as giving up on them. The other good point you make is that an addict is an addict and it doesn't matter what your first drug of choice is, if that is not available you will go to something else. The substance abuse center difficult child was in was very clear that if you are a drug addict you must also give up alcohol, and vise versa of course. Most drug addicts were very surprised to hear that. Our druggie neighbor who was responsible for giving difficult child her first pot cigarette at the age of 14 is now a heroin addict and currently in court ordered treatment. He is about to graduate from drug court so he goes home on weekends and guess what? He drinks every weekend until he gets wasted. He may graduate from drug court but he will soon be back in jail for DUI. Thank you for sharing your happy news with us weary souls and reminding us that there is hope out there. I hope your difficult child is as proud of himself as we all are of him. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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