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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, thank you again.

At 25 he has 60 more years hopefully.

But he feels its too late to have a normal life. Once he gets better he feels like even if it gets better he will be ashamed forever.

Yes he’s my son , shouldnt have killed him drug addict son. 
Thank you

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He’s wrong. Tell him my brother was meth-addicted and is living a beautiful life now.[/quote]

+1 that he’s wrong. When I met my husband 18 years ago, he was a (very.) newly clean OxyContin addict - like still weaning off of suboxone. At 23 I did not grasp the severity of this when he told me about it (and it was just a lesser publicized issue in general at that point) - but that’s neither here nor there…the point is that he’s been completely clean ever since. You would never, ever suspect it knowing him now - he’s a successful manager in IT sales making $275k, we have 4 beautiful healthy kids, a normal happy stable life.

My husband says he rarely, if ever, really thinks about that time in his life now - it’s just so far in the rear view. Over the past decade or so, the only time it’s really come up is when he’s chosen, on occasion, to share this part of past with various people - often in response to them sharing something similar about themselves / a family member. As I’m sure you know, it’s a much more common story than people think. But, as I said, anyone who learns this about him is shocked….you’d never suspect, knowing him now.

In 2 years your son could have a completely different life! He absolutely can start over and “catch up” or whatever it is he’s worried about. No question [/quote]

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