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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My relative was a sweet person with two young children who became addicted to heroin. It is a slippery slope. First alcohol and pot, then oxy, and lastly heroin. Died between treatment facilities. Our culture loves to be high on something. All drugs including alcohol and pot are just an escape from reality. But once you start down that road sometimes there is no going back. You physically and mentally get addicted. The people selling the stuff are all about making money off a culture that wants to be drunk or high. The alcohol and beverage industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the drug cartels, the pot growers- even the rehab industry are making money off humans that want to get drunk or high and at some point can't stop getting drunk or high. Addiction can happen to anyone because that is how humans brains respond to drugs and alcohol. I feel most empathy for people with chronic pain because there are few long term solutions. Humans are so messed up. Sometimes I will be watching tv or listening to the radio and there will be an advertisement for beer or vodka and a few minutes later there will be one for a rehab facility. Drugs and Alcohol are a zillion dollar industry that don't mind that the product they are selling kills people.[/quote]

And yet many parents don't realize the example they set with their evening cocktail or wine and weekend trips to the beer farm. Your kids are watching. They quickly realize that adults use alcohol to relax or have fun. [/quote]

Yes... substance abuse is substance abuse is substance abuse. Except... having a cocktail or wine at night isn't abuse. The tough reality is that many are able to enjoy alcohol and some drugs casually without developing dependencies and while others have different brain chemistry and struggle with addiction for life. It's certainly not fair. The scary thing about heroin/opiates (and meth while we're at it), much more than even cocaine, which felt like the wealthy party drug of choice among my generation, is how instantly and quickly it sucks people in. It's important to talk about with our kids and families. Saying that trying any drugs or alcohol as a teenager is equally bad is wrong and misleading. Yes, it's illegal and yes I get that you want your kid to just say no. But not being willing to acknowledge and have open discourse about how much more severe the immediate consequences of recreational pain killer use or trying heroin even one is a huge miss. People need to understand that in the world we live in now, these options and opportunities will most likely come up for your child sooner than you can imagine. It doesn't matter what high school, public or private. Have the conversation. Now. [/quote]

Most people I know don't stop at one drink. Most have an evening ritual that starts at 6 and ends when they crash in bed. I know so many functional alcoholics. And even if you think that's debatable, the reality is that kids who grow up thinking that all adults drink every night are more likely to have issues down the road. Studies show that.

Parents should be teaching their kids how quickly you can die from drugs. All it takes is one bad hit. And they should explain how addictive it is.

Instead, we have parents smoking pot and drinking every night. It's really not shocking to see so many kids struggling with addiction. [/quote]

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