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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 182840" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p><strong><em>"Anyway he is living with a friend that likes the same lifestyle except his wife or girlfriend whatever is pregnant! Their life will change in about 3 months."</em></strong> </p><p> </p><p>Stands, don't count on it! Sadly, that's not usually how it works. People who are caught up in this drug "lifestyle" don't straighten up and revamp their whole "lifestyle" just because they've had a baby. Usually they just continue on as they were, only with a baby added to the mix, and the baby is the one that suffers for it. A drug addicts' first priority is <u>not</u> their children! That's why the foster care system has so many more kids in their care now.</p><p> </p><p>I'm probably wasting my time here too, but I don't understand why you sound so optimistic and encouraged! The only improvement I see is that he's finally living somewhere else instead of in your home. Instead of addressing his drug problem, he's living with people who find it acceptable and who share his addictions. When this counselor recommended inpatient treatment, did he listen? Did you? You're still going on about GED's and jobs and how he's going to get to this job that he doesn't even have ... and you're just sweeping the drug problem under the rug again! <strong>None of that</strong> is going to happen until HE does something about HIS drug problem first! You're making all these plans for him and ignoring the elephant in the room! It still sounds to me like you think that he can do all this and still continue the "life style" of a drug addict and that's not going to happen. It's like if he was on the top of a tall building, threatening to jump, and your main worry was about when he'll get his GED and maybe he can find a job in telemarketing, but how would he get there if he did? I just don't understand. Sorry, I didn't mean to be harsh, but that's the way I see it. If you don't want honest opinions, you've come to the wrong place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 182840, member: 1883"] [B][I]"Anyway he is living with a friend that likes the same lifestyle except his wife or girlfriend whatever is pregnant! Their life will change in about 3 months."[/I][/B] Stands, don't count on it! Sadly, that's not usually how it works. People who are caught up in this drug "lifestyle" don't straighten up and revamp their whole "lifestyle" just because they've had a baby. Usually they just continue on as they were, only with a baby added to the mix, and the baby is the one that suffers for it. A drug addicts' first priority is [U]not[/U] their children! That's why the foster care system has so many more kids in their care now. I'm probably wasting my time here too, but I don't understand why you sound so optimistic and encouraged! The only improvement I see is that he's finally living somewhere else instead of in your home. Instead of addressing his drug problem, he's living with people who find it acceptable and who share his addictions. When this counselor recommended inpatient treatment, did he listen? Did you? You're still going on about GED's and jobs and how he's going to get to this job that he doesn't even have ... and you're just sweeping the drug problem under the rug again! [B]None of that[/B] is going to happen until HE does something about HIS drug problem first! You're making all these plans for him and ignoring the elephant in the room! It still sounds to me like you think that he can do all this and still continue the "life style" of a drug addict and that's not going to happen. It's like if he was on the top of a tall building, threatening to jump, and your main worry was about when he'll get his GED and maybe he can find a job in telemarketing, but how would he get there if he did? I just don't understand. Sorry, I didn't mean to be harsh, but that's the way I see it. If you don't want honest opinions, you've come to the wrong place. [/QUOTE]
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