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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 487060" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi there. been there done that with my now twenty-seven year old daughter and I truly thought she'd end up in jail or dead. by age seventeen she had been on probation twice for pot and she was lucky she hadn't been caught with the stronger stuff she used. She was diagnosed with bipolar, but she's been clean for a long time now and obviously doesn't have it. Her drug abuse screwed her up and our family was a mess until we finally had to make her leave because the cops kept coming over and the two younger kids were becoming traumatized. To ease your mind a bit, both of those kids looked at what difficult child was doing to herself and the rest of us and are both drug free with no desire to be like she had been. Your twelve year old sounds like he has his head on straight. have you talked to him about this?</p><p></p><p>I highly recommend going to an Al-Anon or Narc-Anon meeting. That way you will get real life help in person. Most of our kids start using drugs because of low self esteem or depression or feelings of inadequacies, but we can't really help their other issues while they are using drugs. You may have to watch the train wreck and let him hit rock bottom, at which time there is a good chance that he will be open to any help you are willing to give him, be it rehab or other interventions. If he will agree to try rehab now, that would be better, but, as you probably know, at his age, he has to agree to treatment.</p><p></p><p>I am so sorry you are going through this. I know first hand how horrible it is to watch your child self-destruct. but I also know that this same child can turn around and decide "I hate my life. I want to change it." Your son is no worse than my daughter was and she is clean now since age nineteen. She had been using drugs since twelve. Yes, twelve. No, we had no clue. She was very good at hiding it. </p><p></p><p>by the way, you have an adroable chihuahua. My dog is 3/4th chihuaha. Our furbabies can comfort us so much at times, can't they?</p><p></p><p>Huggggggggggz and keep us posted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 487060, member: 1550"] Hi there. been there done that with my now twenty-seven year old daughter and I truly thought she'd end up in jail or dead. by age seventeen she had been on probation twice for pot and she was lucky she hadn't been caught with the stronger stuff she used. She was diagnosed with bipolar, but she's been clean for a long time now and obviously doesn't have it. Her drug abuse screwed her up and our family was a mess until we finally had to make her leave because the cops kept coming over and the two younger kids were becoming traumatized. To ease your mind a bit, both of those kids looked at what difficult child was doing to herself and the rest of us and are both drug free with no desire to be like she had been. Your twelve year old sounds like he has his head on straight. have you talked to him about this? I highly recommend going to an Al-Anon or Narc-Anon meeting. That way you will get real life help in person. Most of our kids start using drugs because of low self esteem or depression or feelings of inadequacies, but we can't really help their other issues while they are using drugs. You may have to watch the train wreck and let him hit rock bottom, at which time there is a good chance that he will be open to any help you are willing to give him, be it rehab or other interventions. If he will agree to try rehab now, that would be better, but, as you probably know, at his age, he has to agree to treatment. I am so sorry you are going through this. I know first hand how horrible it is to watch your child self-destruct. but I also know that this same child can turn around and decide "I hate my life. I want to change it." Your son is no worse than my daughter was and she is clean now since age nineteen. She had been using drugs since twelve. Yes, twelve. No, we had no clue. She was very good at hiding it. by the way, you have an adroable chihuahua. My dog is 3/4th chihuaha. Our furbabies can comfort us so much at times, can't they? Huggggggggggz and keep us posted. [/QUOTE]
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