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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mother of former heroin user here.

I'll probably catch flack for this, but if there is one thing I would have done differently it would have been to re-arrange my work to be home after school every day when my child hit high school.

Another thing I would have done differently would have been to be much more aggressive when my child complained of pain constantly.  After the pediatrician formed the opinion it was probably psychological I went after it half-heartedly.  It turned out to be a real illness for which pain is a symptom.  Untreated pain that doctors didn't believe was a major, although not the only, reason for my child turning to heroin.  Getting a diagnosis was an important factor in diagnosis, which of course was all the harder to get because of the heroin.[/quote]

Truly sorry for you. [/quote]

Don't feel sorry for me.  We managed to dodge the bullet and both my child and I are much stronger for it today.  My child is doing very well now--in college with a heavy STEM load and almost all As.  DC is super motivated to be a success in life and does a lot of volunteer work, including with the homeless and recovering addicts.

I feel sorry for all the parents who bought into the myths about hitting rock bottom, tough love, and sales pitches of some of the least effective rehabs and the consultants who push them and now have dead children.[/quote]

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