peace-lily
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My 18 year old son has a thyroid condition (hyperthyroidism), and anxiety. He self medicates by smoking pot every chance he gets. He use to hide it from us but now he smokes it in his room, and bathroom. My husband and I have tore his room apart trying to find marijuana many times, without any luck. All we find are yeti cups filled with water and plastic bottles with holes in the bottom. My son was always a great athlete and was always busy do positive things. We bought him a brand new sports car when he turned 16, but then took it away from him when we realized he was smoking pot. We thought that would get him motivated to stop but he doesn't even care. He went on an anti-depressant and stopped smoking for a while only to start back up during Covid. His behavior became extremely strange, he started sneaking out, stealing money from us, and skipping football practice. He was on track to get a D1 scholarship and now we don't even want to mention his name to D2 schools because he'd mess it all up. He stopped the anti-depressant and I think that was a good thing, but he is still rude and vulgar when he's high. What he really wants to do is go into the military, and I'm all for it because I feel like that's our only chance in getting him help. He doesn't want to stop smoking pot. He doesn't think he has a problem, but he does. College is not an option because he wouldn't do the work, he'd just smoke pot all day. Has anyone tried the military route? He only has three more months of highschool. He is causing so many problems at home, but I feel like if he gets his diploma he'll have a better chance to overcome this. I don't want to put him in a rehab center because I've been told he'll go in there with a marijuana problem and could come out with a "bigger" problem.
I hope someone can help us.
Thanks,
Peace-lily
I hope someone can help us.
Thanks,
Peace-lily