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When my son is home and clean I am just thrilled

and then I seen his other FACE when he is on meth.....

I feel sick and don't seem to know him anymore.

I just want to wake up and have it be over it's like

living in a hell for a mother...... I dunno anymore

i keep thinking the worst is yet to come........

how old is your son? does he live with you? does he know you know hes on drugs?

he is goin to have to hit rock bottom before he will see what he is doing to himself an his familly an i speake from experiance for i was addicted to meth for 7 years of my life an no one can tell u that ur doing wrong when ur in the depths of ur addiction ..u have to hit some kinda bottom an want help. andf it is possible ..it took me hitting that botton an the love of a good woman to get me off. good luck to u an ur son.

Yes the worst can still be coming, depending on what happens w/ his drug use, he can OD, he can die. You need to find out how much is he doing. Can you talk to him, see if he will go to rehab or see a dr. maybe he wants to get clean but if he doesn't want to then you have a problem because he has to hit bottom before he will quit.

Let us know what happens, we are here for you and care what happens to you an your son,

He is 20 and been using for a long time I only know of the past 3years.... I know he is using cause I found crack pipes and he got in trouble with the law... he is on probation....I feel like i am losing the battle for my sonnnnnnn even though it's his battle i somehow feel like i need to do something...........

My GOD rock bottom hmmmmm he has lost everything and then some...... but i guess that is not his rock bottom then cause he works and one he gets paid he is missing for daysssssss and then comes home like a ragmuffin... I am confused I want to toss him out and then I don't......I don't know what to do???? Your so right and THank you for you input......he does not listen to anyone not even his girlfriend who is a good girl and tries to help he listens to no one..but the drug. so sad............ I feel like prison is coming to him soon...........

Thanks! I will keep you posted... he has been missing on his 3days know.......

so sorry things have been so rough for you. of course you are worried sick, you're his mother. I know how you feel. Back when my daughter Jacquie was using all I did was worry. It was a long time before I could sleep nights I was so consumed with worry. When I realizewd I wasn't God and couldn't control anything in this world except for myself I was able to gradually give my worries and anxieties up to God. My daughter was 17 when I learned of her drug use. She told me she had been using since she was 14 yet I had no clue. She held it togehter pretty well until graduation then things really spiraled out of control. I didn't think I could survive what I went thru over the next few years. Or that she could survive either. My daughter has not used in almost four years now. 1 year on buphenorphine and three on methadone. Both drugs work for her and she can go about the business of living her life. She is now 25 and I can't tell you how good it feels to not lay in bed and worry about her. That time will come for you too and I pray it is soon. I hate to see any parent go thru what we go thru. I pray your son comes around and realizes he not only needs to change but that he can change. May God bless you both.

Has he been stealing from you, does he realize that you know about his drug use and just doesn't care. I know there have been parent that had enough of the lies and stealing and would throw the kids out, but I think I would make sure I knew where he was going, and not going to live on the street, at least now you know where he is. Maybe you should just tell him if he wants to live in your house, he doesn't disappear for 3 days w/o telling you where he is. Set down some rules, No doing drugs in the house, does he bring his girl friend over, maybe you can do an intervention kind of thing w/ her, telling him how much you love him and show him how he is destroying his life.

I only did meth once and it is a nasty drug I'm sorry but tough love is needed here. He is past stopping and the only way it will turn out good is if he gets help and only if he wants it that's seems to be the only way with hard drugs.I truely understand how painfull this is for you.