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I think I am done, and I am so sad...
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<blockquote data-quote="ILMS" data-source="post: 587213"><p>I can so relate to you. I just kicked my 19 year old out for the second time. He went through juvenile detention, 6-month drug rehab which he was very successful at (or so we thought) to relapsing just a month out. Our big mistake there was letting him come home and not insist that he go to three quarter house. Now he is living with friends, getting high, he shop lifted from Dollar General and pulled a knife out on cashier (he had to be on something more than pot to do that - not in his nature normally). He has no driver's license either because like you, we were telling him he had to be sober for a certain amount of time before he got it. I hate to say it, but I feel like if you give your son money and get him an apartment, he probably will not straighten up. If you do decide to do it, then make sure you hold to it that you will absolutely not give him a penny more if he continues with the drug use, etc. There are places they can go, there are rehab places they can go. I don't know where you live. But there are at least 3 drug rehabs around here that are worked-based (my son was in one of them), that require absolutely no money up front. So, I did not give my son in money at all when I kicked him out, I just told him he can move out or go to rehab, those were his only choices. I feel like it won't be long before he is forced to make the choice to go back into rehab, at least I hope so!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ILMS, post: 587213"] I can so relate to you. I just kicked my 19 year old out for the second time. He went through juvenile detention, 6-month drug rehab which he was very successful at (or so we thought) to relapsing just a month out. Our big mistake there was letting him come home and not insist that he go to three quarter house. Now he is living with friends, getting high, he shop lifted from Dollar General and pulled a knife out on cashier (he had to be on something more than pot to do that - not in his nature normally). He has no driver's license either because like you, we were telling him he had to be sober for a certain amount of time before he got it. I hate to say it, but I feel like if you give your son money and get him an apartment, he probably will not straighten up. If you do decide to do it, then make sure you hold to it that you will absolutely not give him a penny more if he continues with the drug use, etc. There are places they can go, there are rehab places they can go. I don't know where you live. But there are at least 3 drug rehabs around here that are worked-based (my son was in one of them), that require absolutely no money up front. So, I did not give my son in money at all when I kicked him out, I just told him he can move out or go to rehab, those were his only choices. I feel like it won't be long before he is forced to make the choice to go back into rehab, at least I hope so!! [/QUOTE]
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