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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 471350"><p>I have also been there done that and I am sorry to say I don't have a lot of ideas because we were not successful in keeping our son away from drugs.... he did go to a TBS for 16 months and it did help for a year or so. I think our mistake was letting him come home BUT I am not sure it would have made much difference. The good news is at least we kept him away from drugs for some of his teenage years which hopefully will help in the long run.</p><p></p><p>BUT one of the things I have come to understand is that one of the reasons some kids (I hesitate to generalize to all)</p><p>is to cover up pain... either caused by other events, or other forms of mental illness. So given that my suggestion is to focus on ways to find him real help rather than focusing so much on policing him. Of course it is hard to force a 16 year old into therapy etc.... and so that is hard... but if you can figure out where his need for getting high comes from that may help.</p><p></p><p>My son is now 20 and is in rehab again... this time by his own decision. </p><p></p><p>Good luck with this.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 471350"] I have also been there done that and I am sorry to say I don't have a lot of ideas because we were not successful in keeping our son away from drugs.... he did go to a TBS for 16 months and it did help for a year or so. I think our mistake was letting him come home BUT I am not sure it would have made much difference. The good news is at least we kept him away from drugs for some of his teenage years which hopefully will help in the long run. BUT one of the things I have come to understand is that one of the reasons some kids (I hesitate to generalize to all) is to cover up pain... either caused by other events, or other forms of mental illness. So given that my suggestion is to focus on ways to find him real help rather than focusing so much on policing him. Of course it is hard to force a 16 year old into therapy etc.... and so that is hard... but if you can figure out where his need for getting high comes from that may help. My son is now 20 and is in rehab again... this time by his own decision. Good luck with this. TL [/QUOTE]
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