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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 606022" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>The only way it will work is if the adult child REALLY wants to quit. And heroin is addictive, making him crave it on top of going through withdrawals. Still, my daughter did meth and she quit. Honestly, she looked like the walking dead. I thought we'd lost her and I cried all the time. But one day she saw a "friend" of hers with track marks up and down her arm and thought, "This will be me." It fueled her to try quitting many times until she finally did it with no rehab at all. Not even therapy. It is actually nice to see her chubby rather than looking like she is in the last stages of AIDS. </p><p></p><p>I'm not at all saying that most people can quit on their own. I'm saying that when/if they want to quit, they will. And there will be clear signs that things are changing, such as the adult child attempting to find friends who do not use (this is huge). The one time my daughter tried to kill herself and was taken to a psychiatric hospital she was not ready to even admit she had a problem and s he made several new "friends" in the hospital, all drug addicts. </p><p></p><p>There is no good answer as to what will work. In the end, it is up to the person. It is very individual if one wants to spend a lot of money on rehabs or not. And each drug user is individual. My own opinion is that if he is not expressing a desire to quit PLUS making changes that show he is serious, such as avoiding his drug friends, he probably is not serious. But we're parents. We do what we can, at least when we first find out. The only reason our daughter didn't end up in rehab is because we had no idea how drug-involved she was until it became obvious by the way she looked. </p><p></p><p>Hugs to you, lots of support, and good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 606022, member: 1550"] The only way it will work is if the adult child REALLY wants to quit. And heroin is addictive, making him crave it on top of going through withdrawals. Still, my daughter did meth and she quit. Honestly, she looked like the walking dead. I thought we'd lost her and I cried all the time. But one day she saw a "friend" of hers with track marks up and down her arm and thought, "This will be me." It fueled her to try quitting many times until she finally did it with no rehab at all. Not even therapy. It is actually nice to see her chubby rather than looking like she is in the last stages of AIDS. I'm not at all saying that most people can quit on their own. I'm saying that when/if they want to quit, they will. And there will be clear signs that things are changing, such as the adult child attempting to find friends who do not use (this is huge). The one time my daughter tried to kill herself and was taken to a psychiatric hospital she was not ready to even admit she had a problem and s he made several new "friends" in the hospital, all drug addicts. There is no good answer as to what will work. In the end, it is up to the person. It is very individual if one wants to spend a lot of money on rehabs or not. And each drug user is individual. My own opinion is that if he is not expressing a desire to quit PLUS making changes that show he is serious, such as avoiding his drug friends, he probably is not serious. But we're parents. We do what we can, at least when we first find out. The only reason our daughter didn't end up in rehab is because we had no idea how drug-involved she was until it became obvious by the way she looked. Hugs to you, lots of support, and good luck. [/QUOTE]
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