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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 745719" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>My son started at age 15. He started with smoking weed also and it also escalated and he also got arrested more than once for a myriad of things. He was in MANY inpatient and outpatient programs and he would be okay for a month or so and then go right back to it. We did that for seven years. I don't think he wanted to be like that but he couldn't stop. He did not care what happened to him. I didn't get it. I still don't but this is what addiction does to the young brain. It's terrifying.</p><p></p><p>He finally went to a 13 month faith based program which changed his life. He is now 23 and has been sober since September of 2017. I think the MATURITY also had a lot to do with it. He finally was sober long enough for his brain to heal and to see that he didn't need it. He now wants to live a normal life. YAY.</p><p></p><p>My son got addicted to the high that started out with weed. He then went on to stronger things, which sounds like what your son is doing.</p><p></p><p>If I had to do it over again and knowing what I know now, I would have sent him to military school. A friend at work just did that with her son based on what I went through. </p><p></p><p>I do hope and pray that you don't have to do this for 7 years like we did. He is doing well now, Thank God, but it almost killed me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 745719, member: 15032"] My son started at age 15. He started with smoking weed also and it also escalated and he also got arrested more than once for a myriad of things. He was in MANY inpatient and outpatient programs and he would be okay for a month or so and then go right back to it. We did that for seven years. I don't think he wanted to be like that but he couldn't stop. He did not care what happened to him. I didn't get it. I still don't but this is what addiction does to the young brain. It's terrifying. He finally went to a 13 month faith based program which changed his life. He is now 23 and has been sober since September of 2017. I think the MATURITY also had a lot to do with it. He finally was sober long enough for his brain to heal and to see that he didn't need it. He now wants to live a normal life. YAY. My son got addicted to the high that started out with weed. He then went on to stronger things, which sounds like what your son is doing. If I had to do it over again and knowing what I know now, I would have sent him to military school. A friend at work just did that with her son based on what I went through. I do hope and pray that you don't have to do this for 7 years like we did. He is doing well now, Thank God, but it almost killed me. [/QUOTE]
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