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<blockquote data-quote="Nandina" data-source="post: 764557" data-attributes="member: 23742"><p>Thank you for your kindness, Michelle. And if that is your real name you might consider changing it for this forum as sometimes it is best to remain anonymous.</p><p></p><p>Thinking back, I was so invested in my son’s recovery, which he had chosen to do on his own, that I didn’t even consider the possibility that he could continue to use drugs and overdose. I thought everything was moving in the right direction. But that just shows you how powerful the pull of drugs is. My son had been clean and supposedly wasn’t that interested due to knowing what meth would do to his mind. I won’t know what drug he took that ended his life until the autopsy report comes back, which could take 6 months.</p><p></p><p>And I question the probation office which he was visiting each week and being drug tested each time—they did not test him the last two times and I’m not sure why, But knowing my son, he probably felt like he had a chance to get away with it since no one was checking. The fact that he was getting drug tested was helping to keep him clean, I think.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for the books you refer in your tag line. I know they’ll be helpful to everyone here who struggles with the boundaries of enabling vs. helping. It is such a hard balance to achieve.</p><p></p><p>I hope you’ll get many responses to your other post asking for help with your daughter. There is great wisdom here and people who have been at this a very long time. </p><p></p><p>And please come back. It will help. Thank you, again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nandina, post: 764557, member: 23742"] Thank you for your kindness, Michelle. And if that is your real name you might consider changing it for this forum as sometimes it is best to remain anonymous. Thinking back, I was so invested in my son’s recovery, which he had chosen to do on his own, that I didn’t even consider the possibility that he could continue to use drugs and overdose. I thought everything was moving in the right direction. But that just shows you how powerful the pull of drugs is. My son had been clean and supposedly wasn’t that interested due to knowing what meth would do to his mind. I won’t know what drug he took that ended his life until the autopsy report comes back, which could take 6 months. And I question the probation office which he was visiting each week and being drug tested each time—they did not test him the last two times and I’m not sure why, But knowing my son, he probably felt like he had a chance to get away with it since no one was checking. The fact that he was getting drug tested was helping to keep him clean, I think. Thank you for the books you refer in your tag line. I know they’ll be helpful to everyone here who struggles with the boundaries of enabling vs. helping. It is such a hard balance to achieve. I hope you’ll get many responses to your other post asking for help with your daughter. There is great wisdom here and people who have been at this a very long time. And please come back. It will help. Thank you, again. [/QUOTE]
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