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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 688005" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Please don't think you offended me. I am not offended in <u>any</u> way and I <u>completely</u> agree with you!!! My son's biological father was an alcoholic. He was not violent, but definitely useless. I spend half his life warning him about alcohol. Never occurred to me to warn about drugs, I thought that went without saying. Stupid of me.</p><p></p><p>There was a time I <em>would</em> have said my son was actively addicted to pot. The summer after high school he was obviously stoned several times per week. I wouldn't be surprised if he was smoking every day. That was also the period when he was stealing from us. He once told me it was the ONLY time he was happy. He did it because he wanted to feel happy for just a little while. That certainly sounds like addiction to me! We got him therapy, which did exactly nothing. He went off to college and failed and stayed stoned for a year, then came home. There was much less going on at that time, but he again stole from us and that was when we put him out. That was almost 2 years ago. </p><p></p><p>He has gotten MUCH better since. And I know, once an addict, always an addict, but there was a long period of time when he seem to be abstaining completely. Probably because he didn't have any money. Maybe because he had his girl and his own place and just really didn't need it. So...maybe he was addicted, maybe he is, maybe he's not. I don't know. </p><p></p><p>Whichever, he definitely is walking a frighteningly fine line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 688005, member: 17309"] Please don't think you offended me. I am not offended in [U]any[/U] way and I [U]completely[/U] agree with you!!! My son's biological father was an alcoholic. He was not violent, but definitely useless. I spend half his life warning him about alcohol. Never occurred to me to warn about drugs, I thought that went without saying. Stupid of me. There was a time I [I]would[/I] have said my son was actively addicted to pot. The summer after high school he was obviously stoned several times per week. I wouldn't be surprised if he was smoking every day. That was also the period when he was stealing from us. He once told me it was the ONLY time he was happy. He did it because he wanted to feel happy for just a little while. That certainly sounds like addiction to me! We got him therapy, which did exactly nothing. He went off to college and failed and stayed stoned for a year, then came home. There was much less going on at that time, but he again stole from us and that was when we put him out. That was almost 2 years ago. He has gotten MUCH better since. And I know, once an addict, always an addict, but there was a long period of time when he seem to be abstaining completely. Probably because he didn't have any money. Maybe because he had his girl and his own place and just really didn't need it. So...maybe he was addicted, maybe he is, maybe he's not. I don't know. Whichever, he definitely is walking a frighteningly fine line. [/QUOTE]
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