<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Loris</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It seems to be the norm. However, when my oldest quit smoking it, after a while, he was truly a different person. It was so amazing. My youngest also just tested positive at his Residential Treatment Center (RTC). So he also joined the ranks. </div></div>
I agree, because I recently saw my difficult child 1 when he was weed-free for a week. We had a "family vacation" to Orlando for Christmas. As a trip, it was totally miserable, but we had nearly two weeks together as a family. No drugs, no booze (no fun, either), but we were together for the first time in a long time, away from home.
And a remarkable thing happened - both my sons "returned", at least for a while. Younger pothead son went back to his loveable, flirtatious easy child self, aspie older son actually opened up a bit and treated the rest of the family with some love, and even laughed a bit. easy child daughter didn't know what to make of the fact that both of her brothers miraculously reappeared from the ether.
Of course, it didn't last much past the day we got back. But for a week or so, I had my kids back. Maybe that's why I'm too stupid to give up hope yet. But I understand what you mean - when my difficult child 1 stopped smoking for a while, he went back to his easy child self.
God, I hate the stuff. But if it wasn't pot, it would be something else. Some kids have a hellbent passion for self-destruction, and would resort to slurping boiled elephant-dung if that was all that was left to get them high :frown:
Sorry I drifted off topic, but my difficult child 1 is acting out right now, and it's been a long day. Thanks for the reply, and my best hopes and prayers go to you for your youngest. If my son were any younger (he's nearly 18), I might be putting him in a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) as well. But he's so close to his majority, both his therapist and his regular doctor say that's a bad idea for now. Pot and drugs are not his biggest problem, only symptoms of the real issues at hand.
Mikey
