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Okay, time to rake me over the coals...
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 547796" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>That of course is a very good argument for tough love-type actions. You can't save an addict, so of course you should rather try to save yourself. And luckily there are people who do grab to their 'last chance' like your daughter. Unfortunately there are those who don't. </p><p></p><p>In my experience though, surprisingly high number of young people who abuse substances, and who we would likely label addicts, end up recovering slowly and with little dramatics. Things change in life. They get a job they like and start to be more careful not to loose it or find the career they want to go school for or start a family and drink/use less because of those reasons. And time goes by and new interesting things come and they have less and less time to drink/use. One day they are drinking one beer while watching a game from tv and that is that. And maybe binge drinking once or twice a year. Or smoking a joint three times a year, when they spend time with old friends. I do know quite many people like that, who I thought were going to end up dead or under the boat in few short years, when they were in their early or mid twenties. Now in their forties you wouldn't notice the difference to others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 547796, member: 14557"] That of course is a very good argument for tough love-type actions. You can't save an addict, so of course you should rather try to save yourself. And luckily there are people who do grab to their 'last chance' like your daughter. Unfortunately there are those who don't. In my experience though, surprisingly high number of young people who abuse substances, and who we would likely label addicts, end up recovering slowly and with little dramatics. Things change in life. They get a job they like and start to be more careful not to loose it or find the career they want to go school for or start a family and drink/use less because of those reasons. And time goes by and new interesting things come and they have less and less time to drink/use. One day they are drinking one beer while watching a game from tv and that is that. And maybe binge drinking once or twice a year. Or smoking a joint three times a year, when they spend time with old friends. I do know quite many people like that, who I thought were going to end up dead or under the boat in few short years, when they were in their early or mid twenties. Now in their forties you wouldn't notice the difference to others. [/QUOTE]
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