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Pothead Detente, or Simply Defeated?
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<blockquote data-quote="CAmom" data-source="post: 45773" data-attributes="member: 1835"><p>Mikey, my husband I've been down where you are right now, feeling hopeless and "defeated." </p><p></p><p>But, please don't give up. My son was the beast you call your son and then some...due to pot combined with his impulsive nature added to the natural process of a 17-year-old beginning to separate from parents. </p><p></p><p>My once sweet, funny, loving little boy became a monster we didn't recognize who quite matter-of-factly admitted that he was going to smoke pot no matter what we said or thought, so we should "just live with it." </p><p></p><p>We ended up laying down the law in regard to what could or could not go on in our home, the only thing we had any control over, and let him go. He spent all of last summer pushing every limit he could. We went through the MOST miserable period of our lives over those couple of months as a result.</p><p></p><p>However, because of his court-ordered stint in a group home where drug/alcohol counseling, anger management, life skills, etc. are a mandatory part of his day, we've seen a HUGE change in him. Of course, this is probably largely because he's drug free. </p><p></p><p>According to our psychotherapist, the Catch 22 is that, while kids our son's age are using drugs, they aren't able to do the maturing and emotional growing that are so important at this time in their lives, and they get further and further behind in that regard, which leads them to use more and more drugs.</p><p></p><p>Is there any way you could send your son to some sort of reform-type school such as those in Utah where he'd receive counseling for drugs and whatever other emotional issues he has going on? You said he wouldn't go voluntarily, but, since he's still a minor, would it be possible to send him involuntarily?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAmom, post: 45773, member: 1835"] Mikey, my husband I've been down where you are right now, feeling hopeless and "defeated." But, please don't give up. My son was the beast you call your son and then some...due to pot combined with his impulsive nature added to the natural process of a 17-year-old beginning to separate from parents. My once sweet, funny, loving little boy became a monster we didn't recognize who quite matter-of-factly admitted that he was going to smoke pot no matter what we said or thought, so we should "just live with it." We ended up laying down the law in regard to what could or could not go on in our home, the only thing we had any control over, and let him go. He spent all of last summer pushing every limit he could. We went through the MOST miserable period of our lives over those couple of months as a result. However, because of his court-ordered stint in a group home where drug/alcohol counseling, anger management, life skills, etc. are a mandatory part of his day, we've seen a HUGE change in him. Of course, this is probably largely because he's drug free. According to our psychotherapist, the Catch 22 is that, while kids our son's age are using drugs, they aren't able to do the maturing and emotional growing that are so important at this time in their lives, and they get further and further behind in that regard, which leads them to use more and more drugs. Is there any way you could send your son to some sort of reform-type school such as those in Utah where he'd receive counseling for drugs and whatever other emotional issues he has going on? You said he wouldn't go voluntarily, but, since he's still a minor, would it be possible to send him involuntarily? [/QUOTE]
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