TEENAGERS AND DRUGS Post Reply

[It's-tricky]

Could I suggest attending AL Anon meetings, parents who I have known to take this route have found it extremely helpful in keeping their sanity and also being able to help their children.

I wish you all well in this difficult situation

[ParentSW11]

Good to hear that your son, Aguapazza, has turned away from drug use. What a relief and thank goodness for him finding an interest that was more important to him than drugs.
In response to what support is available, there are drug counsellors (which came via the GP recommendation to CAMHS) who are lovely people but my son has been seeing one for about a year but to no avail. As I see it you need an inordinate amount of willpower to want to and to be able to give up or at least slow down heavy cannabis use or indeed any damaging addiction. For many people that does not come easily. It's certainly not coming easily to my son.

[ParentSW11]

Could I suggest attending AL Anon meetings, parents who I have known to take this route have found it extremely helpful in keeping their sanity and also being able to help their children.

I wish you all well in this difficult situation

Thanks for this, that's useful to know.

[ParentSW11]

Drugs use is a terrible, terrible thing.

I have known people lose their lives to this s**t

Great BBC article I would encourage you to read

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39212295

Best of luck and use all the support you can get

Sloaney

Thanks Sloaney, that was a tough article and many parts I identified with (sadly!).

[Medway]

I agree with Al Anon recommendation. This helped me to deal with the alcoholism in my family I grew up with and in denial about. He may need residential addiction treatment although that will only work if he wants to quit. Unfortunately addiction to drugs, like alcohol, has very little to do with 'will power' or 'pulling yourself together.