Quote From: mooseheadThanks for sharing. I would tell him since you both seem to be depressed why don't you have some discussions and see how you can help each other out of it. Does he think the answer to all that ails him is to simply turn to drugs? Does he expect the rest of the world to run on drugs? Does he think the doctors, dentists, and inventions that serve him are the results of beings running on drugs? Help him see and create a world that is not "fake". At least he will know you are not fake and willing to step up to the plate. The question is: will he.
I know that I am not an expert- however I beleive my son turned to drugs because he suffers from anxiety disorder. In april of this year he was diagnosed with that. He has been going to therapy because of that. He also spent 3 weeks in an outpaitient program which helped him to deal with his anxiety. He is also being treated with medication for the anxiety. I also beleive that his anxiety, led to depression which then in turn lead him to the drugs.
At this point we cannot talk to each other because it only ends up in an argument and I end up walking out or calling the police. Since we are going for therapy I am hoping and praying that we can get our issues resolved. The main issue I know we will have to work on is trust. When he completed his drug rehab we were advised that we need to begin trusting him. My husband and I both agreed that we would give him back his computer, however he had stipulations on what he could and could not do on his computer. As untrusting (if that is a real word) parents we decided to install a program on his computer which logs his activity. Sadly, he overstepped his boundries and the computer and internet access was taken away from him. We tried again to no avail. He is going to have to be the one to make a change, but at this point I don't see that happening over night.
