Is he still using drugs?
Yes. And he’s also living a well balanced life with his wife and children. And gainfully employed while he works his way through college.
Yeah, see? Not for me. Different strokes.
Perhaps you also smoke, so it’s not a big deal for your family.
And again, thanks for the additional evidence that if one is smoking at 15, it’s a lifelong choice.
Seeing as you’re the one who wants to end your relationship with your children, it seems as though YOU’RE choosing substance over family.
You’re the one with a drug problem. They’re the ones with a mother problem.
Nope. Sorry.
They will have their choice.
I don’t want to be there to see their kids taken away.
Or their DUI’s. Or loss of jobs. Or marriages.
Potheads can be annoyingly insufferable.
Eventually the drugs will win. And ruin them.
Yes we can, but have you ever looked at DARE literature? Way worse.
As long as he’s living a well balanced happy life, I could care less about his occasional pot use.
But yeah, “different strokes” indeed. Unlike you, the thing that matters most to me is my son’s happiness. Not that he adhere to my particular world view.
Then convince them to stop using drugs. Nag them and pester them and bribe them if you have to, but don’t give up on them. Get MORE involved in their lives, not less. You want them to have a chance in life? Let them know that their parents loves them and will continue to love them no matter what.
I’m concerned for their health and their futures.
It’s either me or the drugs.
Looks like they’ve chosen.
No, YOU chose.
Not doing drugs on my end.
Uh, they chose drugs over family.
Very common in addiction
That’s it? You’re not going to fight for the people you love?
Yeah, ultimatums such as these usually don’t work out well for the one making the ultimatum.
Exactly. They have chosen.
Why don’t you just kick them out now? They deserve to live on the streets. That will teach them a lesson.
I don’t think you ever loved them unconditionally. You only loved them if they were perfect children. It’s best to cut your losses now.
And you haven’t made any choices?
You will see. Legalizing marijuana will make it easier to study.
Google American Lung Association and weed.
Read.
Aggressive lung cancer
Testicular cancer (especially in younger males)
Oral cancer, head and neck cancer.
Google heart damage and weed.
Arrhythmia. Damage to blood vessels.
So I should sit back, enjoy Thanksgiving with my sons, while they keep disappearing to garage to smoke that crap?
Now THAT will be a miserable holiday.
Do you actually care about what happens to them, or do you just want to be right?
They have chosen to use drugs.
I can’t control their decisions.
As therapist said, these are the natural consequences of drugs.
Health, alienation from family can all result from poor decisions on their parts.
Then you’d have no problem with your sons using edible cannabis?