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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry--have BTDT.  Have been with my child seizing while heart rate dropped to ten beats a minute wondering if the EMTs would ever make it in time with their Narcan.  This may not have been your absolute low point, but it was mine.

I have told no one about this or the addiction problem other than immediate care providers.  Child has made excellent recovery and is in college getting nearly all As with heavy STEM course load.  The planned career path would be challenging with a history of drug use.

I suppose I could have unloaded on everyone I know that but for Narcan I would have a dead child or some of the worst of the addiction period but it would have been profoundly unproductive.

I would have lost my child's trust--which ultimately, as child liberally acknowledges, allowed me to pull child out of addiction.  Think about it--this is your child's health problem; it really isn't yours to share.  Beyond that, what good would it have done? There are way too many people out there just dying to hear the worst about your child so they can feel better about theirs and you can bet none of them believe in redemption, of which my child is living (emphasis) proof.  [/quote]

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