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What do you wish you had said to your child about drugs?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigless in VA" data-source="post: 679842" data-attributes="member: 11832"><p>UpandDown,</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. Ferb's X-box has been out of the house since the summer. I will probably allow him to earn it back as long as his therapist agrees this is reasonable. He won't get it back until he has repaid his debt to me though. Plus, there will be limits on the gaming. I would never agree to this if Ferb were not currently working and being very responsible about it. </p><p></p><p>Leafy, I agree with you that it is mostly up to the kids and the choices that they make. I don't think it's realistic to ask them to stay away from people who do drugs. </p><p></p><p>I understand that my teen years were unusual in that my mother allowed drug use in our own house. In some ways that was a good education for me. I saw firsthand how sad and cyclical the users lives were. I felt different. I wanted more for myself. </p><p></p><p>I didn't try any drugs in high school or in college. At college, there were different types of people using drugs. Many, many times friends tried to get me to try various things, and I refused. I didn't cave until well after college. Several life situations conspired simultaneously to push me to a point low enough to go that route. I didn't care any longer what happened to me. Life had beaten me down. I allowed my previously good judgement to go out the window. </p><p></p><p>It was during this time that I started a relationship with my first husband. He talked me into trying all manner of things I had never tried before. It wasn't until after I had therapy, realized that he was abusive, decided to leave, and became determined to rebuild my life that I changed my mind. I climbed out of my own personal abyss which included some drug experimentation. For me, there was something about facing my ex who was truly dangerous, that made me want to find a way to live. I still celebrate the day that I left him as my own personal emancipation day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigless in VA, post: 679842, member: 11832"] UpandDown, Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. Ferb's X-box has been out of the house since the summer. I will probably allow him to earn it back as long as his therapist agrees this is reasonable. He won't get it back until he has repaid his debt to me though. Plus, there will be limits on the gaming. I would never agree to this if Ferb were not currently working and being very responsible about it. Leafy, I agree with you that it is mostly up to the kids and the choices that they make. I don't think it's realistic to ask them to stay away from people who do drugs. I understand that my teen years were unusual in that my mother allowed drug use in our own house. In some ways that was a good education for me. I saw firsthand how sad and cyclical the users lives were. I felt different. I wanted more for myself. I didn't try any drugs in high school or in college. At college, there were different types of people using drugs. Many, many times friends tried to get me to try various things, and I refused. I didn't cave until well after college. Several life situations conspired simultaneously to push me to a point low enough to go that route. I didn't care any longer what happened to me. Life had beaten me down. I allowed my previously good judgement to go out the window. It was during this time that I started a relationship with my first husband. He talked me into trying all manner of things I had never tried before. It wasn't until after I had therapy, realized that he was abusive, decided to leave, and became determined to rebuild my life that I changed my mind. I climbed out of my own personal abyss which included some drug experimentation. For me, there was something about facing my ex who was truly dangerous, that made me want to find a way to live. I still celebrate the day that I left him as my own personal emancipation day. [/QUOTE]
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