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<blockquote data-quote="UpandDown" data-source="post: 662367" data-attributes="member: 19025"><p>Struggling Dad- I am sorry to hear this. It is eerie how similar our stories are. My son spent 12 weeks in Wilderness Therapy and while he was gone, we re did his room as well. It felt so good to clean out the mess and give him a comfortable, happy place to come home to. My other children helped and we all were so excited for him to see what we did for him. MISTAKE. It seems as if we are back to where we started. I have to look really hard to remember the progress he made, because there is progress. As I am trying to fall asleep at night, I go back through the good things of the day. Even if they are so tiny . It keeps me from complete despair. Our son since being home has told us that he will continue to smoke and that we can not control that. He too is 16 and tells us that he is tolerating us until he turns 18 where he can move to a state where he can do whatever he pleases. Last week, he texted someone to buy weed and when I found out, I disabled his phone. He flipped out and grabbed my glasses and broke them. Then he grabbed my cell phone and threw it through a window smashing all into pieces. As a result, we called the police. Then we went in to the courts and requested a meeting with the juvenile intake officer. Next week, we have an appointment with the officer to see what they will do. I would never in a million years, imagine that I have to live with a minor child, running all over us, treating us in this way. It is a nightmare. I am pinning my hopes on the officer and what programs will open up when we finally meet. In the meantime, he has no phone. I check his room daily. He has zero access to cash. And every single medicine we have is locked up in a safe in my bedroom. I agree that our sons need us even though they are acting like they don't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpandDown, post: 662367, member: 19025"] Struggling Dad- I am sorry to hear this. It is eerie how similar our stories are. My son spent 12 weeks in Wilderness Therapy and while he was gone, we re did his room as well. It felt so good to clean out the mess and give him a comfortable, happy place to come home to. My other children helped and we all were so excited for him to see what we did for him. MISTAKE. It seems as if we are back to where we started. I have to look really hard to remember the progress he made, because there is progress. As I am trying to fall asleep at night, I go back through the good things of the day. Even if they are so tiny . It keeps me from complete despair. Our son since being home has told us that he will continue to smoke and that we can not control that. He too is 16 and tells us that he is tolerating us until he turns 18 where he can move to a state where he can do whatever he pleases. Last week, he texted someone to buy weed and when I found out, I disabled his phone. He flipped out and grabbed my glasses and broke them. Then he grabbed my cell phone and threw it through a window smashing all into pieces. As a result, we called the police. Then we went in to the courts and requested a meeting with the juvenile intake officer. Next week, we have an appointment with the officer to see what they will do. I would never in a million years, imagine that I have to live with a minor child, running all over us, treating us in this way. It is a nightmare. I am pinning my hopes on the officer and what programs will open up when we finally meet. In the meantime, he has no phone. I check his room daily. He has zero access to cash. And every single medicine we have is locked up in a safe in my bedroom. I agree that our sons need us even though they are acting like they don't. [/QUOTE]
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