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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 494391" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>When my difficult child went to the hospital during her last manipulative suicide attempt (she texted me that she had taken 20 Celexa . . . but backtracked to 8 when we got her to the hospital), the triage nurse told us that if she was drinking and taking pyschotropic drugs she had a substance abuse problem. Taking an anti-depressant and drinking can be deadly.</p><p></p><p>This all happened after she was kicked out of our home for taking a credit card out of my purse and buying beer and cigarettes. She had stolen before that, too.</p><p></p><p>This time she knew that we meant it and pulled out all of the stops. It was the best thing that could have happened, though. When we stood fast that she couldn't return, she checked herself into a community health rehab center for 30 days. Now she is living in a halfway house and seems to be doing well.</p><p></p><p>She went into rehab to "prove" to us that she didn't have a substance abuse problem. She is now attending NA and AA meetings on a regular basis and admits that she has addiction issues. She, too, has been told that she is not an "addict" but uses prescription pills and alcohol to self -medicate. However, the combination is deadly and has kept her from functioning so whether you call her an addict or not, she obviously needs to stay away from mood altering substances.</p><p></p><p>There is much more to our sad story but I just wanted to let you know that you do not have to live with an adult (and 19 is an adult) that lies and steals from you. in my opinion, you need to support your wife and take a united stand. He gets help in inpatient rehab or finds somewhere else to live.</p><p></p><p>One cautionary note. . . in some states (like mine), you cannot just kick your child out if he has lived with you in the past 30 days. You actually have to go through the eviction process. We got around that by telling our difficult child that she needed to leave our house voluntarily or we would prosecute her for the credit card theft.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I couldn't agree with you more. </p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 494391, member: 1967"] When my difficult child went to the hospital during her last manipulative suicide attempt (she texted me that she had taken 20 Celexa . . . but backtracked to 8 when we got her to the hospital), the triage nurse told us that if she was drinking and taking pyschotropic drugs she had a substance abuse problem. Taking an anti-depressant and drinking can be deadly. This all happened after she was kicked out of our home for taking a credit card out of my purse and buying beer and cigarettes. She had stolen before that, too. This time she knew that we meant it and pulled out all of the stops. It was the best thing that could have happened, though. When we stood fast that she couldn't return, she checked herself into a community health rehab center for 30 days. Now she is living in a halfway house and seems to be doing well. She went into rehab to "prove" to us that she didn't have a substance abuse problem. She is now attending NA and AA meetings on a regular basis and admits that she has addiction issues. She, too, has been told that she is not an "addict" but uses prescription pills and alcohol to self -medicate. However, the combination is deadly and has kept her from functioning so whether you call her an addict or not, she obviously needs to stay away from mood altering substances. There is much more to our sad story but I just wanted to let you know that you do not have to live with an adult (and 19 is an adult) that lies and steals from you. in my opinion, you need to support your wife and take a united stand. He gets help in inpatient rehab or finds somewhere else to live. One cautionary note. . . in some states (like mine), you cannot just kick your child out if he has lived with you in the past 30 days. You actually have to go through the eviction process. We got around that by telling our difficult child that she needed to leave our house voluntarily or we would prosecute her for the credit card theft. I couldn't agree with you more. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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