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<blockquote data-quote="Littleboylost" data-source="post: 714423" data-attributes="member: 21895"><p>Gabriela;</p><p>Sadly you are in good company here. You don't own the addiction or the behaviour and you can't change it. Only he can. We tried to get our son to go to in patient rehab but he has the right to refuse at 16 and did. He will be 18 this year and we have been through the wringer with drugs, him choosing drugs over living st home, having him attested for drug charges and we are winding our way through a toothless useless youth criminal system. He is a chore to drag through everything. He has 6 credits to get at school for his diploma. My husband and I have decided that if he does not straighten out and attend the alternative education program we have him enrolled in we are going to ask him to leave home. Each time he left he left on his own. This time we will support him as long as he is contributing to his future in a positive fashion. I have leaned to pick my battles. I say what I disagree with but he chooses how he behaves. We no longer pick him up at all hours of the night. If he chooses to stay out he can find his own way hone. We are sure he still smokes pit less than before but he still does. He does not bring drugs into our home any more he needs constant hounding to do anything. It is an exhausting struggle. But it is his life and if he chooses not to pull it together and contribute positively to his future. This is his life and his choice. Our choice is not to financially support him if he does chose this path.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Littleboylost, post: 714423, member: 21895"] Gabriela; Sadly you are in good company here. You don't own the addiction or the behaviour and you can't change it. Only he can. We tried to get our son to go to in patient rehab but he has the right to refuse at 16 and did. He will be 18 this year and we have been through the wringer with drugs, him choosing drugs over living st home, having him attested for drug charges and we are winding our way through a toothless useless youth criminal system. He is a chore to drag through everything. He has 6 credits to get at school for his diploma. My husband and I have decided that if he does not straighten out and attend the alternative education program we have him enrolled in we are going to ask him to leave home. Each time he left he left on his own. This time we will support him as long as he is contributing to his future in a positive fashion. I have leaned to pick my battles. I say what I disagree with but he chooses how he behaves. We no longer pick him up at all hours of the night. If he chooses to stay out he can find his own way hone. We are sure he still smokes pit less than before but he still does. He does not bring drugs into our home any more he needs constant hounding to do anything. It is an exhausting struggle. But it is his life and if he chooses not to pull it together and contribute positively to his future. This is his life and his choice. Our choice is not to financially support him if he does chose this path. [/QUOTE]
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