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New here-My 19 yo old son moved out-I'm heartbroken & scared.
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 457131" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>If you had looked the other way, you would have just made his drug use easier. My daughter had been a serious drug addict (she quit). She has given me some words of wisdom: A few being that kids will cop to pot, but usually won't tell their parents they are also using other drugs too, but often they do. And the parents don't believe THEIR child would use more than just pot/alcohol. She gave me several examples, including myself. It turned out, she had also used meth quite heavily as well as experimenting with anything she could snort. It scared me that she could pull the wool over our eyes. Another thing: People who use drugs, sell drugs. That's how they get money for drugs. Also, nobody will quit until they are ready. Nobody can make them...it's hard.</p><p></p><p>I don't think it's good parenting to let a kid destroy his life and watch it happen. We made our daughter leave. That's when she got it together. I also can't see paying for college when he is obviously just going to party and probably flunk out. That's a lot of money down the drain. </p><p></p><p>In short...I know how hard it is...we had to do it too. It really hurts. But I think you did the only thing you could have done. Now it's HIS choice which path he wants to take. And that path could change. We stopped giving daughter money. She managed. She got a job <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Good luck and hugggggz!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 457131, member: 1550"] If you had looked the other way, you would have just made his drug use easier. My daughter had been a serious drug addict (she quit). She has given me some words of wisdom: A few being that kids will cop to pot, but usually won't tell their parents they are also using other drugs too, but often they do. And the parents don't believe THEIR child would use more than just pot/alcohol. She gave me several examples, including myself. It turned out, she had also used meth quite heavily as well as experimenting with anything she could snort. It scared me that she could pull the wool over our eyes. Another thing: People who use drugs, sell drugs. That's how they get money for drugs. Also, nobody will quit until they are ready. Nobody can make them...it's hard. I don't think it's good parenting to let a kid destroy his life and watch it happen. We made our daughter leave. That's when she got it together. I also can't see paying for college when he is obviously just going to party and probably flunk out. That's a lot of money down the drain. In short...I know how hard it is...we had to do it too. It really hurts. But I think you did the only thing you could have done. Now it's HIS choice which path he wants to take. And that path could change. We stopped giving daughter money. She managed. She got a job :) Good luck and hugggggz! [/QUOTE]
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