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Re: Did addiction turn your kid difficult child or was your kid a difficult child who became addict?
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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 564639"><p>My son did not become a difficult child until college. He threw some holy heck tantrums as a 3-4 year old, a few a week for about 6 months and always WAY OTT, out of the blue, out of control and over ridiculous things - but they stopped as quickly as they started and he was always well behaved in school and at home. </p><p></p><p>He had a brief experimentation with drugs in HS the summer going into his junior year- but it was BRIEF, when caught-- he was apologetic, honest and cooperative, he received some counseling, we drug tested him weekly for a year and he thrived afterwards. He was a always a good student and to this day he is truly a fine big brother.</p><p></p><p>His first week away at university, he was out partying I am sure, was sucker punched by a drunk townie and sustained a concussion(his 3rd) and nearly lost the sight in one eye. I will never get over the sound of his voice at 4 am asking us to come get him because he was in pain and just wanted to come home. My H made the 4 hour trip there and back and he stayed home for the weekend. Against my better judgment, I sent him back to school on Monday. It turned out his eye injury was far more serious than the ER had thought. He was put on bed rest back at school for a week and had to walk around with a badly blackened eye for about 3 weeks and an eye patch. I know that was the start. I still cry because my maternal instinct was to keep him at home and enroll him locally after the assault - to not return him to school. </p><p></p><p>I am not sure if it was the concussion, depression from being assaulted, being "the kid with the black eye" or a combination of all 3 (most likely) but he started hanging out with a local boy who attended the same uni and started drinking and smoking A LOT of pot. They had known each other since 1st grade, we lived a block apart, they were teammates, we had carpooled for years and yet they had never been friends until now. difficult child clung to him and the boy was not a good influence. They are still roommates to this day. I can't blame the boy - but yes - it was drugs that turned my son into a difficult child. At the ripe old age of 19. Just when I thought the finish line was near...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 564639"] My son did not become a difficult child until college. He threw some holy heck tantrums as a 3-4 year old, a few a week for about 6 months and always WAY OTT, out of the blue, out of control and over ridiculous things - but they stopped as quickly as they started and he was always well behaved in school and at home. He had a brief experimentation with drugs in HS the summer going into his junior year- but it was BRIEF, when caught-- he was apologetic, honest and cooperative, he received some counseling, we drug tested him weekly for a year and he thrived afterwards. He was a always a good student and to this day he is truly a fine big brother. His first week away at university, he was out partying I am sure, was sucker punched by a drunk townie and sustained a concussion(his 3rd) and nearly lost the sight in one eye. I will never get over the sound of his voice at 4 am asking us to come get him because he was in pain and just wanted to come home. My H made the 4 hour trip there and back and he stayed home for the weekend. Against my better judgment, I sent him back to school on Monday. It turned out his eye injury was far more serious than the ER had thought. He was put on bed rest back at school for a week and had to walk around with a badly blackened eye for about 3 weeks and an eye patch. I know that was the start. I still cry because my maternal instinct was to keep him at home and enroll him locally after the assault - to not return him to school. I am not sure if it was the concussion, depression from being assaulted, being "the kid with the black eye" or a combination of all 3 (most likely) but he started hanging out with a local boy who attended the same uni and started drinking and smoking A LOT of pot. They had known each other since 1st grade, we lived a block apart, they were teammates, we had carpooled for years and yet they had never been friends until now. difficult child clung to him and the boy was not a good influence. They are still roommates to this day. I can't blame the boy - but yes - it was drugs that turned my son into a difficult child. At the ripe old age of 19. Just when I thought the finish line was near... [/QUOTE]
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