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He can't come home for Christmas...
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<blockquote data-quote="CAmom" data-source="post: 7717" data-attributes="member: 1835"><p>Thanks, Deb. I so agree with the pot thing being everywhere, private schools maybe even more so. Two boys on our street are both into regular pot use and both go to the same private school. Yet, somehow both these boys manage to get straight A's and both have jobs, one an assistant managerial position where he is DRUG TESTED! I guess some can use it and still function. My son couldn't.</p><p></p><p>He SOUNDS like he has come to some fairly insightful conclusions about his pot use and how it negatively affected his relationships, school, etc. But, after only two months in this place where drug/alcohol use is only one part of what they address, I'm wondering if any of what he says represents REAL change going on at a deep level or just therapy-speak. </p><p></p><p>For instance, when we talk about the whys of all the drug use in just about every one of the ten or so teenagers on our street who all come from "decent" families, he says that life is "stressful," and drugs help them feel more relaxed. Well, yeah! Life IS stressful...not much you can do about that. A lot of his talk revolves around, THEN, when he was a "pothead" and LATER when he won't be throwing away his money on pot and will be able to buy a car, etc. Again, it all SOUNDS good, but... </p><p></p><p>He says that he didn't find it hard to refuse the pot when he was home with the neighborhood kids because he doesn't miss it specifically, but he did find it hard to find much common ground in terms of socializing with those lifelong friends since smoking pot is the equivilent of what I guess we adults would consider "cocktail hour." </p><p></p><p>Well, at this point, he's probably better off staying away until he has a few more months under his belt...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAmom, post: 7717, member: 1835"] Thanks, Deb. I so agree with the pot thing being everywhere, private schools maybe even more so. Two boys on our street are both into regular pot use and both go to the same private school. Yet, somehow both these boys manage to get straight A's and both have jobs, one an assistant managerial position where he is DRUG TESTED! I guess some can use it and still function. My son couldn't. He SOUNDS like he has come to some fairly insightful conclusions about his pot use and how it negatively affected his relationships, school, etc. But, after only two months in this place where drug/alcohol use is only one part of what they address, I'm wondering if any of what he says represents REAL change going on at a deep level or just therapy-speak. For instance, when we talk about the whys of all the drug use in just about every one of the ten or so teenagers on our street who all come from "decent" families, he says that life is "stressful," and drugs help them feel more relaxed. Well, yeah! Life IS stressful...not much you can do about that. A lot of his talk revolves around, THEN, when he was a "pothead" and LATER when he won't be throwing away his money on pot and will be able to buy a car, etc. Again, it all SOUNDS good, but... He says that he didn't find it hard to refuse the pot when he was home with the neighborhood kids because he doesn't miss it specifically, but he did find it hard to find much common ground in terms of socializing with those lifelong friends since smoking pot is the equivilent of what I guess we adults would consider "cocktail hour." Well, at this point, he's probably better off staying away until he has a few more months under his belt... [/QUOTE]
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