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Not to sound harsh, but have you dealt with someone who has a serious drug problem before? When things get very bad, you try anything in the hope it gets thoug
by tjohns 10y ago
Not to sound harsh, but have you dealt with someone who has a serious drug problem before?
When things get very bad, you try anything in the hope it gets though to them. (It often doesn't, but you try anyway.)
Keep in mind that major drug addictions cause problems for everyone involved. Nobody resorts to these things as their first option.
(And frankly, if one's job involves driving, and they're doing it while under the influence... they really should lose their job/license. That's how innocent people get killed on the road.)
- metaphorm 10y agoI'm going to quote the author here > Our daughter at that point didn't feel it was a problem. She kept saying, "It's just fun, OK? It's just fun." And that would be interspersed with periods of depression and it not being fun, but her not being prepared to admit that. And as time went on we gave her an ultimatum. Looking back I don't know whether it was the right decision or not, but we said, "If you continue to use drugs, you can no longer live at home." And we kicked her out, because she continued. Then her drug use got worse, and her friendship groups deteriorated more and more. > I hated her. I hated her so much. Am I really being harsh? This is a mother writing about how she felt hatred towards her daughter. She hated her daughter for doing drugs and for socializing with the wrong people. As a result of her hatred she kicked her own daughter out of the home, which instigated a downward spiral that made things far worse than they might have been otherwise.
- hndruguser 10y agoNot harsh, I completely agree with you. Everything the mother did would have just made her daughter's life harder.
- JabavuAdams 10y agoDo you have kids? It's absolutely normal / widespread to hate your kids, sometimes. This goes for everyday frustrations, not drug addiction.