Charles, good to see you still have your sense of humor.  Frosty is right about all the death and destruction caused by that stuff.  I worked in a family law court for a while and we had 40 cases on the calendar every morning.  It was a parade of drug addicts and alcoholics.  The destruction to the families was unbearable to watch day after day, kids born addicted and or with brain damage, etc.  I came to think of drug dealers as terrorists, their actions set off a web of destruction with no regard as to who gets impacted.  If you look at how many lives are destroyed it is worse than shooting up a theater.  On the positive side it sounds like she realizes she needs help.  People do recover.  Give her lots of love and support.  Talk honestly about the issues.  Encourage her to develop the spiritual side of life.  I will pray for anyone trying to escape the prison of drug abuse.  Each one that recovers makes the world a better place.

I am a firm beliver that peaple who make mistakes, and go forward and learn from them have a right to be proud, god know I am proud of them/ 

Deb has some (now) amusing stories about me in the hospital. I never stopped trying to get home, they had to keep me tied to the bed. One is about the nurses asking her if she knew what I was doing. I was making motions regularly, "living?" my memories. Sometimes I was cooking, stirring, adding things, tasting, etc. sometimes driving but she couldn't tell what, I used to operate lots of different machinery. Well, they asked her about one behavior I only did if I thought nobody was watching and Deb recognized it immediately and asked me, "Jer are you smoking?"

I guess I went through quite the shuffle to hide the smoke, look around and acted like a little kid with his hand in the cookie jar.

Frosty The Lucky.

I for one am glad you found the important parts, and put them together

if the young people today who think drugs and alcohol aren't bad for you could spend one evening with my  wife at the long term care facility she works at.  they use to have the 85-100 yr old residents but today they have a  lot  of 50 yr olds with "fried brains" from drug and alcohol over use, no idea who they are, where they are and just brain damaged for the rest of their lives.  If they could see themselves now they might have made a better group of decisions back them. 

Not sure many of them are that smart. 

I for one am glad you found the important parts, and put them together

Some of the important parts are dulled but I seem to have a minimum operating list working. I still miss the losses except the nicotine addiction. There are upsides though, I have an unbeatable excuse for almost anything now.

Frosty The Lucky.

Prayers and blessings on you and yours. Peace and healing.

Thank you, JHCC. 

Couldn't interest some one in a slightly used daughter could I? 

Couldn't interest some one in a slightly used daughter could I? 

Have you tried eBay?

Cost me more than she is worth!

Cost me more than she is worth!

i hope this was said with your tongue firmly in your cheek

Just caught up with this one. Prayers sent for you and yours Charles.

Yes, Ian. It certainly was. Want to strangle her some times, but I love her. 

Thank you AF. Alex needs all the help she can get

Had the coin I'd ship her butt down to you!

I though Australia was the traditional locale to send kids to be out of sight/out of mind?

Well, she might like that bunch of party animals. Besides my friends Marc and Dian live in ferndale and would spoil her and the grandbaby rotten. 

You are both in my thoughts. I hope everything works out for the best. I have strayed down a rough path many times and things always work out in the end. As long as she has good support and is willing to learn from mistakes, these things can only make you a better, stronger person in the long run. Best of luck to you both. 

 

Thank you, Ivan

Had the coin I'd ship her butt down to you!

Had you the coin, this would be the last place I'm sad to say, my wife and sons live in a place called La Lucia in Uhmlanga on the coast, beautiful and within 100 yards of the beach.

For youngsters its partytown but sadly one can just pick 'weed' in the bushes (of winch there are many) and lots of parents have problems with their kids as you don't even have to buy the stuff. It grows wild here on the highveld too but as its not so lush it is easier to see and eradicate. 

Edited October 1, 201510 yr by ianinsa

Anyone from Siberia? Lol. 

She`s lucky she has you Charles, down side is it gives you a lot of grief.

New that when I sighned on to be her dad when she was 3, lol

atleast the part about her causing me greif. Still, all and all I dont regret being dad to iether one. 

Edited October 2, 201510 yr by Charles R. Stevens

Sometimes one wishes Birth Control was Retroactive.    How about getting her a 6 month job in Antarctica on a research station? Alone!

I lucked out with my 2 kids now 46 & 38.  Stiff upper Lip Charles!