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Found odd stuff in son's room: straws, coffee mug and saucer, solvent-soaked kleenex
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 216965" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>JMO from seven years with a drug addict. Your son is doing a lot more than weed. Take THAT to the bank. You would probably flip out if you knew what he was doing (I sure did, and, at the time, yeah, I also thought it was just weed and alcohol). And I can't see how any sort of wilderness stuff will stop him from doing drugs once he gets back home. It is, at best, stop gap for the moment. They have to have the mindset to change and quit, and it isn't easy. My daughter told me it was hell, but she WANTED to do it. Nothing can drum that desire into a person. THEY have to want to quit or they won't. It's really that simple. You and hub should join Nar-anon and learn how to deal with his addiction. It's a great group! Hospitalization didn't help my kid. In fact, she learend to "play the game" and got very good at convincing the shrinks that she either didn't use drugs or it was our fault she did them or she'd never do them again. Ugh. I'm not a believer that these things work...jmo. I think the kids learn how to play "I'm cured!" just to get out. in my opinion the child who reformed was ready and eager to do it. Without the right intent, nothing works.</p><p>There are only medications for people on hard core drugs such as opiates/heroine. Nothing will stop pot/hallucinigenics/cocaine...already asked all the right questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 216965, member: 1550"] JMO from seven years with a drug addict. Your son is doing a lot more than weed. Take THAT to the bank. You would probably flip out if you knew what he was doing (I sure did, and, at the time, yeah, I also thought it was just weed and alcohol). And I can't see how any sort of wilderness stuff will stop him from doing drugs once he gets back home. It is, at best, stop gap for the moment. They have to have the mindset to change and quit, and it isn't easy. My daughter told me it was hell, but she WANTED to do it. Nothing can drum that desire into a person. THEY have to want to quit or they won't. It's really that simple. You and hub should join Nar-anon and learn how to deal with his addiction. It's a great group! Hospitalization didn't help my kid. In fact, she learend to "play the game" and got very good at convincing the shrinks that she either didn't use drugs or it was our fault she did them or she'd never do them again. Ugh. I'm not a believer that these things work...jmo. I think the kids learn how to play "I'm cured!" just to get out. in my opinion the child who reformed was ready and eager to do it. Without the right intent, nothing works. There are only medications for people on hard core drugs such as opiates/heroine. Nothing will stop pot/hallucinigenics/cocaine...already asked all the right questions. [/QUOTE]
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