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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the PP who is the recovering addict, I want to respond to the mother whose daughter OD' and the article.  The parents in the article and many of our parents probably thought that being the cool fun carefree parents who allowed drinking at home, turned a blind eye to things as long as they could say their kids are going to the top schools and getting good grades.

I can't tell you enough how important it is to be on top of your kids.  I had idle time, my parents worked to be able to afford private schools, fancy stuff so they can be like others-sounds a lot like many of our communities.

I can't thank you enough for being there for your kids.  I always wondered what my father, a big law partner would do after the police would call him, or what my mother would say to her friends to hide the growing signs, It was always damage control instead of how do we get healthy.  it wasn't until my od that they realized it was an issue.

There is no one answer but ask most parents of kids who died and they all wish they did more and not worried if their kids thought they were the cool parents.

Don't wait until they are drinking, smoking, using, to get help and educate yourself.  Educate them or someone else will.

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And don't worry if your kids aren't popular. In fact, worry if they are. Every addict I know was part of the popular group. They all hung out at houses where the parents stocked beer and took away the car keys on weekend get togethers so the kids wouldn't drive (kids started carrying a second set of keys). The beer got boring and they turned to bigger highs, starting with fruit salad from the parents medicine cabinet. The parents used to love to sit around and literally "brag" about bailing kids out of juvie and how "mad" they were. The problem is, your kids won't be popular in HS if you don't serve beer and turn a blind eye to pot, but there's a lot of other stuff going on behind closed doors. Keep them close![/quote]

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