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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We haven't heard from OP. I wouldn't assume heroin necessarily.  Ecstasy is relatively easy to OD on, and it often happens to first time users.  A friend's child OD'ed on Ecstasy with a first time use and was in a coma for two days.  It was an experimental first time use and not indicative of a deep rooted drug problem.  The child, actually a young adult, recovered well.[/quote]

Fair enough.  But if this was a first-time ecstasy user OD, social rejection seems pretty extreme as well.[/quote]

Am the PP.  Have posted twice that OP should not say anything to anyone.  That holds whether it was ecstasy or heroin.  If OP feels a need to talk about it she should do so only in an NarAnon or AlAnon meeting.

You really, really cannot trust anyone to not misuse this information to the detriment of your child, and this includes family members.  The latter should to be told only if you need to call upon them for financial resources.  And, by the way, it is not OP's story to tell; it is the child's.[/quote]

+1[/quote]

+2. OP, discretion is key here. Get the child the needed help, absolutely! But do it in a way that minimizes unnecessary sharing of the details. Drug use is taken very, very seriously now. Protect your child's and your family's reputations & futures in addition to protecting your child's health.[/quote]

Sheesh, this seems like some really misplaced priorities.  "Protect your family's reputations" and "discretion is key"?  No, THE priority is the health of the child who overdosed.[/quote]

I am thinking you likely have not been there, done that.

Yes, your child's health is paramount.  But if the child survives an OD you are over the worst hurdle.  Then you look at various follow up options.  NONE of this requires telling anyone anything except for immediate care providers.

Your next priority is safeguarding your child's future.  This requires absolute discretion.  It is NOT about the family's reputation.  It is about not having this adversely affect your child's chances of a successful life.  Huge numbers of doors would become closed to him or her because of mistakes made as a teenager.[/quote]

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