pinevalley
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I am so worried and upset about my difficult child, and I feel like there is nothing that is nothing that we can do to help him. difficult child was in a rehab program for 30 days for marijuana and k2 abuse, and he looked and sounded great when he left that program. He has only been home for 3 weeks now, and he seems even more out of control than before he went to rehab. difficult child told us when he was in rehab that he wanted to stay away from all his using friends, but he was back hanging out with them just 3 days after he left rehab. He has admitted that he has used weed a few times, and he is not using K2 anymore. It just seems like his entire personality has changed since he left rehab, and he is like a completely different person. He doesn't care about school at all, and he has been truant from school for 3 days this week. He would rather walk around town and hang out at fast food restaurants than go to school. He only has to take 3 more classes to graduate, but he does not even care if he graduates in a few months. We don't let him use a car, he doesn't have a cell phone, and he has very little money of his own. Two days ago he refused to get on the bus to go to school in the morning, because he was tired from staying out very late the night before. He wanted to sleep all day, but I told him that he would have to leave the house if he was not in school. He refused to leave out home, so I called the police. Two officers came to our house, and they made difficult child leave our property. He stayed out with friends all day, missed his IOP program that night, and finally came home about midnight. Now just two days later he refused to go to school again today, because he was too tired (that's what he says). I had to call 911 again, and the cops made difficult child leave our property. Now he is wandering the streets with no money and no cell phone. i have no idea when he will come home, and I am worried that he will do something stupid and get arrested.
Even when difficult child was using k2 last fall, he was able to go to school most of the time. He has a completely different attitude now, and nothing that we say or do means anything to him. We want to put him back in rehab, but he will refuse to go. The only that he agreed to go to rehab last time is because he got arrested and we were able to convince him that going to rehab would help to keep him out of jail. I don't understand how he can go downhill so quickly after spending 30 days in rehab. He doesn't care about IOP, about going to school, and he is hanging out with several new friends that we don't even know at all.
We don't want to evict difficult child from our house, but we may be forced to do that since he doesn't follow any of our rules. Does anyone have any other suggestions about what we can do to try to get through to this kid? It is so painful to watch him destroy himself, and we feel so totally helpless right now. Thanks,
Even when difficult child was using k2 last fall, he was able to go to school most of the time. He has a completely different attitude now, and nothing that we say or do means anything to him. We want to put him back in rehab, but he will refuse to go. The only that he agreed to go to rehab last time is because he got arrested and we were able to convince him that going to rehab would help to keep him out of jail. I don't understand how he can go downhill so quickly after spending 30 days in rehab. He doesn't care about IOP, about going to school, and he is hanging out with several new friends that we don't even know at all.
We don't want to evict difficult child from our house, but we may be forced to do that since he doesn't follow any of our rules. Does anyone have any other suggestions about what we can do to try to get through to this kid? It is so painful to watch him destroy himself, and we feel so totally helpless right now. Thanks,