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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 400165" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Welcome. DDD is so right. We have each had to follow our heart and search out what resources were available at the time. It may be a waiting game at this point. If you have no proof he is using then you may need to stay alert for any signs. Bloodshot eyes are a good sign of pot use. We have used the home drug tests but we also found a lab that would test her and give us the results. If she refused the drug test we assumed she was using. We took her car away a year and a half ago when we found an open bottle of alcohol in it. She has not driven it since. She is now 19 and we have to drive her everywhere she goes. Her drug/alcohol use escalated to where she went to rehab this past summer and then outpatient aftercare. We have kicked her out of the house several times and she keeps promising to change. We know she won't. Right now we are trying to get her independent so she can leave our house and be on her own.</p><p></p><p>You may have to involve the police if his behavior escalates. We had to call the police several times on our difficult child when she became violent or refused to come home. Every family has to make the choice about what they are going to do. I know some parents who just close their eyes to the problem and others, like us, who have tried everything possible. If your son is caught using drugs/alcohol he will enter the judicial system and then he won't be able to refuse drug testing or treatment.</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry you are having to go through this. It is not an easy road to travel.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 400165, member: 59"] Welcome. DDD is so right. We have each had to follow our heart and search out what resources were available at the time. It may be a waiting game at this point. If you have no proof he is using then you may need to stay alert for any signs. Bloodshot eyes are a good sign of pot use. We have used the home drug tests but we also found a lab that would test her and give us the results. If she refused the drug test we assumed she was using. We took her car away a year and a half ago when we found an open bottle of alcohol in it. She has not driven it since. She is now 19 and we have to drive her everywhere she goes. Her drug/alcohol use escalated to where she went to rehab this past summer and then outpatient aftercare. We have kicked her out of the house several times and she keeps promising to change. We know she won't. Right now we are trying to get her independent so she can leave our house and be on her own. You may have to involve the police if his behavior escalates. We had to call the police several times on our difficult child when she became violent or refused to come home. Every family has to make the choice about what they are going to do. I know some parents who just close their eyes to the problem and others, like us, who have tried everything possible. If your son is caught using drugs/alcohol he will enter the judicial system and then he won't be able to refuse drug testing or treatment. I'm sorry you are having to go through this. It is not an easy road to travel. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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