How Do I Get My Son Off Drugs?

My son is 19 and is using pot. I got my older brother off of crack, coke, pot, prescription drugs. He was also an alcoholic, but not anymore. Any advice?

This is long.. please bear with me….
My best friend since I’ve know her drinks alcohol constantly. It used to be 5-7bottles of beer every evening. She had weight loss surgery, and slimmed way down. she was told she was to have no alcohol whatsoever. She fought the urge to not drink and beat it. 7 months into the year, at a meeting a few people asked if they could drink and the answer was NO. after the meeting a few other people said they have been drinking hard liquor which had much less to nearly no calories. my friend started experimenting with hard liquor and got rehooked quickly. she is now into 1 bottle of wine per night. Weekends, sometimes 2 bottles. She also smokes very heavily during the day as well.
I have known her for 14 years. since she has lost her weight, she started going out to bars and lounges and has met an incredible amount of new people of whom she sees as her extended family. these people are constantly drinking and every picture I see with them in it is usually in a bar. They go out to the lake and camping and it’s just a drinking frenzy.
My friend says she is a social drinker and it’s not a problem as she swears she doesn’t drive when she drinks, I know she has and her car is proof.
When she drank beer you’d never know she was drinking. She could walk a straight line in high heels. with the wine, I’ve noticed she doesn’t have that ability. If she isn’t at the bars, her house has 3-4 people of which bring some sort of booze.
I have tried to talk to my friend about her drinking and it becomes a huge verbal fight. At times when she’s sober and we talk, she’ll sometimes admit she needs to get her drinking under control and has admitted she’s an alcoholic, but refuses to do anything about it. I think she’s waiting for a pill or something to help her stop. she’s trying this pill to stop smoking but it isn’t working.

Several of us who know and love this lady want to help her. We have agreed that at least 1 of us at all times would accompany her to an AA type meeting for support and would be her support group.
We can’t do an intervention because her family drinks “socially” and constantly. Her brother brews his own beer because there’s nothing stronger that he can buy. Her family does not drink like my friend does, but she is always around alcohol of some sorts. her new found bar friends all drink, and I know she’s drinking more and more because of them, not to fit in, but probably because it’s there and “free flowing”.
Her skin used to be flawless, now she has wrinkles showing and her voice is choppy and sounds like she has phlem in her throat all the time. Her son who’s going to be 14 has asked her to stop drinking and he gets ignored as she says it’s only 1 glass. (it is.. that he sees).

I need advice on how I can help my friend. she’s a great person, and I only forsee things getting worse for her. I have been waiting for a chance to talk to her when she’s in that “vulnerable” state, but it hasn’t happened. and the times it has it’s very brief and I’m not able to get the dialogue started.
I have to find a place to go for an AA type meeting that will actually help.
She’s made several friends who were court ordered into a country AA type program. after they got out of the meeting they all went to the bars or went to her place & started drinking.
I’m afraid my friend will resort to this because she thinks she know the program and just has to follow the steps and she’ll do it when she’s ready.
I unfortunately have also been waiting for something severe to happen to where she has to face it. dents & scrapes on her car aren’t enough. she crashed into a curb & hit a small tree. she lied & said she avoided a dog. Well she got away with it. I don’t want anyone to get hurt, ever!
However something hard has to hit her that she has to face before I think she’ll have to acknowledge her actions.
I have ideas & plans.. but her silver tongue seems to always prevail.

Please.. any advice will help! Thank You.

My son goes over there on weekend (court ordered). I found out in september that my son’s uncle is living there with him and he is recovering from meth. How can I get my son’s dad to realize that his brother in law is a meth addict and will always be one

My step-son is 25. Four years ago, he was caught with Marijuana at our home and said he had only tried it once. My son also has Type 1 Diabetes. Two weeks ago, he went to the hospital and was throwing up. When we asked him about it, he said he had not been checking his blood sugar regularly. When asking around to his friends, we found out he had been taking Cocaine. When confronting him about it, he said he stopped about 6 months ago. He is a big kid (6’2″ and normally 170 pounds). We have not seen him since May and he always says he is too busy to come to our home. He sleeps a lot and is depressed. I don’t know what I can do. He lives with his mom and my husband and I have spoken with her. She agreed to give him drug tests every once in a while, but I just do not think she will. I think he is scared to come to our home in fear he will get one. Even if he did come up, the drugs only stay in your system 1-2 days. What should I do?

Does anyone know what to look for in an overdose situation, I have tried everything to get him to quit, but he wont, he has violent outbursts when hes ON them, and sick when hes OFF them. Im attemptin to put him in a Treatment facility soon, but in the mean time, he continues to abuse Oxycontin and Hydrocodone or Roxy 80″s. he sniffs them and drinks with them. I dont know how to stop him. I have moved h im back into my home with his baby, but he is so out of control and has NO respect for no one in our home. Last nite my other son came and told me to check on his brother as he was afraid he had overdosed, he was all lethargic….and just acting drunk. My son has a tendency to be very dramatic, and cry wolf alot (the one on drugs). So I really want to know what to watch for in case he does overdose. … someone please help…I love my son, and its killing me ,not knowing how to help him.

i have looked into many rehabs in order to send my son so that I can help him get off of heroin. I have heard a lot about “drug-free detox” and rehab centers…can anyone let me know of a good one?

Have looked into Narconon…really like it but would like some feed back.

Thanks

A desperate mother

My son is in his 40′s and is renting a room at my home. Recently I have discovered that he is using illicit drugs. My son brings over strangers from time to time and the phone is ringing off the hook with people looking for him. I need to get him out of my home but I can’t have my son living on the streets. His actions make my husband very upset and he no longer speaks with myself or my son. My family and my marriage is at a breaking point and I don’t know what to do.
I beleive the drug is methamphetamine

My sister is a single mother and her 15 year old son is addicted to drugs he doesn’t want to go to school and everytime he goes to school is to get in trouble (he is a trouble kid). I need help on where can she take him to help him out. Is there any kind of program u can reccomend me?

He initially showed signs of person on drugs. We sat him down and spoke to him about the consiquencies of drugs. He tried to stop but has started again. This means that he is hooked to the thing. Please he is my only son advice me. Thank you.

I have just found out my son-in-law is hooked on Vicoden pain pills and has also started smoking meth. I don’t know what the symptoms are or what to do to get him straight.
Any advice or answers please?