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<blockquote data-quote="strugglingwithgirls" data-source="post: 492823" data-attributes="member: 13478"><p>Thank you everyone for sharing your experiences with me. I think if I confront her about it I will push her further away, this has happened before in the past and she still has some bitterness towards me about that. If it wasn't for her boyfriend and the distance she lives I might take the risk, but I don't think I can at this point in time. I did mention her drug use over Christmas as I have suspected it before in relation to her depression, saying that if she was smoking dope this would contribute towards those feelings, but she was very dismissive. I also mentioned her drinking as she always loses her phone, which makes it hard for me to stay in touch with her. She lost an iPhone earlier this year which was an expensive mistake for her but she lost her phone again on Christmas Eve and spent Christmas Day with a bowl being sick on the sofa, not great for her younger sister and her boyfriend and myself to watch. On the positive side, she and her sister got on very well over Christmas which is a first, and something I see as a real positive. I really want to nurture her connection to us so that she feels we are there for her, so I don't think I will/can confront her. It is definitely part of a larger drug problem as she also mentioned MDMA and cannabis on her FB page. She does talk a lot to her boyfriend about how they can take LSD 'safely' - getting a sitter (one of their friends) to be on hand if they have a bad trip for example. It sounds like all of her friends take drugs very regularly. My younger daughter also readily admits that she smokes weed but nothing else now, she used to take different drugs as she was growing up and ended up leaving home at the age of 16, we are now much closer but it has taken a while to get there (she is now 18). I think it is so much a part of the culture I really don't know what I can do about it, other than be there for them and remind them without falling out with them of the bad effects that drugs can have on their lives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="strugglingwithgirls, post: 492823, member: 13478"] Thank you everyone for sharing your experiences with me. I think if I confront her about it I will push her further away, this has happened before in the past and she still has some bitterness towards me about that. If it wasn't for her boyfriend and the distance she lives I might take the risk, but I don't think I can at this point in time. I did mention her drug use over Christmas as I have suspected it before in relation to her depression, saying that if she was smoking dope this would contribute towards those feelings, but she was very dismissive. I also mentioned her drinking as she always loses her phone, which makes it hard for me to stay in touch with her. She lost an iPhone earlier this year which was an expensive mistake for her but she lost her phone again on Christmas Eve and spent Christmas Day with a bowl being sick on the sofa, not great for her younger sister and her boyfriend and myself to watch. On the positive side, she and her sister got on very well over Christmas which is a first, and something I see as a real positive. I really want to nurture her connection to us so that she feels we are there for her, so I don't think I will/can confront her. It is definitely part of a larger drug problem as she also mentioned MDMA and cannabis on her FB page. She does talk a lot to her boyfriend about how they can take LSD 'safely' - getting a sitter (one of their friends) to be on hand if they have a bad trip for example. It sounds like all of her friends take drugs very regularly. My younger daughter also readily admits that she smokes weed but nothing else now, she used to take different drugs as she was growing up and ended up leaving home at the age of 16, we are now much closer but it has taken a while to get there (she is now 18). I think it is so much a part of the culture I really don't know what I can do about it, other than be there for them and remind them without falling out with them of the bad effects that drugs can have on their lives. [/QUOTE]
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