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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 396774"><p>Definitely check out Al anon if you can.... especially if you can find a parents meeting. I have found a parents meeting that is wonderful and so so helpful. I don't have experience with Xanax but I know when my son finally admitted to us before he went rehab that he was using more than weed, xanax was on his list.... along with a bunch of other pain medications. She is on dangerous ground as you know and she may be using whatever she can get her hands on which is scary in and of itself. I would suggest the next time she is stumbling around with slurred speech like that you might want to call 911 and an ambulance. You don't know what she has taken and so what danger she is in, better safe than sorry. My son overdosed twice on OTC medications... and both times we called an ambulance, they evaluated him and took him to the ER. Don't know if that made any difference to him but it may have made an impression on him.</p><p></p><p>It is hard to know what to do but at her age there is not a whole lot you can do unless she is willing. Sometimes the best thing to do is to let them fall and fall hard. I know with our son when he is using he has absolutely no regard for our rules at all. I came to the conclusion that I could not have someone here who could not obey our rules (which were minimal). The message it sends is that you can get along in life and not follow the rules and that is a big fallacy.... my son found that out the hard way. So I would set up some pretty clear ground rules for her to live there and if she can't follow them she needs to move out. Period.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 396774"] Definitely check out Al anon if you can.... especially if you can find a parents meeting. I have found a parents meeting that is wonderful and so so helpful. I don't have experience with Xanax but I know when my son finally admitted to us before he went rehab that he was using more than weed, xanax was on his list.... along with a bunch of other pain medications. She is on dangerous ground as you know and she may be using whatever she can get her hands on which is scary in and of itself. I would suggest the next time she is stumbling around with slurred speech like that you might want to call 911 and an ambulance. You don't know what she has taken and so what danger she is in, better safe than sorry. My son overdosed twice on OTC medications... and both times we called an ambulance, they evaluated him and took him to the ER. Don't know if that made any difference to him but it may have made an impression on him. It is hard to know what to do but at her age there is not a whole lot you can do unless she is willing. Sometimes the best thing to do is to let them fall and fall hard. I know with our son when he is using he has absolutely no regard for our rules at all. I came to the conclusion that I could not have someone here who could not obey our rules (which were minimal). The message it sends is that you can get along in life and not follow the rules and that is a big fallacy.... my son found that out the hard way. So I would set up some pretty clear ground rules for her to live there and if she can't follow them she needs to move out. Period. [/QUOTE]
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