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My child moved back in. I am insane.
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<blockquote data-quote="Bean" data-source="post: 365514" data-attributes="member: 8620"><p>Flutterby, you're not hijacking. We're all in this together, crazy the world. </p><p></p><p>Star. Girlfriend. I just... I'm embarrassed, really. </p><p></p><p>We talked to her today and told her our expectations. I have to be honest, when her brain gets wrapped up in pot it is like talking to a zombie. Really. She's just a totally different person. She could identify that when she was clean (it takes a loooooooooooooooong time for it to leave her body - she couldn't go to outreach in jail until her levels reached a certain point and it took much longer than normal). It's really sad. She was able to stay off it until she got off paper, and then she went right back to it. Having a conversation with her is like talking to a zombie.</p><p></p><p>Star, you asked what she'd be doing if she weren't here? I really don't know. We honestly thought she might have been prostituting herself when she was at my parent's house. She survived and gotten high for years without a job. So, if she hasn't prostituted, she's definitely compromised. She's stolen from my mom multiple times. I don't <em>think</em> she's stolen from me lately, but she's really really good. </p><p></p><p>Put it this way, right now she's looking into food stamps so she can eat if she gets thrown out. Rather than hand in the job application at McDonalds (she was there last week and they were hiring), she'd rather line up for food stamps. If she can't shower, she doesn't. She's gotten all her clothes from theft and borrowing. She talks about stripping and has signed up for a Sugar Daddy website in hopes of hooking up with someone there. </p><p></p><p>So I don't know. I guess I fear the worst. That it would push her over the edge and she would spiral and end up in one of the major outlying cities and become a full-blown addict. She'd rather take the con's way of doing things than the regular way. It's really sad.</p><p></p><p>But, in the end, I can't control it. It's inevitable that it won't last here anyway. So we'll see what happens. I told her she has a week, if that, depending on how the next couple days go. We explained the gift she has right now in being able to stay here, and we'll see what she does with it. We're already pretty sure of what will happen, so we just need to man up for the follow-through.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bean, post: 365514, member: 8620"] Flutterby, you're not hijacking. We're all in this together, crazy the world. Star. Girlfriend. I just... I'm embarrassed, really. We talked to her today and told her our expectations. I have to be honest, when her brain gets wrapped up in pot it is like talking to a zombie. Really. She's just a totally different person. She could identify that when she was clean (it takes a loooooooooooooooong time for it to leave her body - she couldn't go to outreach in jail until her levels reached a certain point and it took much longer than normal). It's really sad. She was able to stay off it until she got off paper, and then she went right back to it. Having a conversation with her is like talking to a zombie. Star, you asked what she'd be doing if she weren't here? I really don't know. We honestly thought she might have been prostituting herself when she was at my parent's house. She survived and gotten high for years without a job. So, if she hasn't prostituted, she's definitely compromised. She's stolen from my mom multiple times. I don't [I]think[/I] she's stolen from me lately, but she's really really good. Put it this way, right now she's looking into food stamps so she can eat if she gets thrown out. Rather than hand in the job application at McDonalds (she was there last week and they were hiring), she'd rather line up for food stamps. If she can't shower, she doesn't. She's gotten all her clothes from theft and borrowing. She talks about stripping and has signed up for a Sugar Daddy website in hopes of hooking up with someone there. So I don't know. I guess I fear the worst. That it would push her over the edge and she would spiral and end up in one of the major outlying cities and become a full-blown addict. She'd rather take the con's way of doing things than the regular way. It's really sad. But, in the end, I can't control it. It's inevitable that it won't last here anyway. So we'll see what happens. I told her she has a week, if that, depending on how the next couple days go. We explained the gift she has right now in being able to stay here, and we'll see what she does with it. We're already pretty sure of what will happen, so we just need to man up for the follow-through. [/QUOTE]
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