I posted this on facebook...
The only think I can think about this is how sad it all is. Whitney was one of my daughter's favorite singers. Whitney had so much talent. She let drugs bring her down.
I have a son that did drugs and no matter how many chances he had, he couldn't stay off drugs. His first sentence was probation and he had to pass drug tests. He failed the tests and they put him in a rehab. He failed again and finally they sent him to prison. He got out on parole several times and continued to fail drug tests and back into prison. Finally he finished his prison time and was out and not on parole. He couldn't stay off drugs. Meth is his drug and meth causes user's teeth to fall out. He had not lost any teeth up to this last time out and then I heard that he has lost some teeth. He started borrowing friends cars and ran into a neighbors fence and made that into a hit and run. His friend turned him in for stealing their cars. He couldn't work and wrote some bad checks. He is back in prison. There are people that have done really bad crimes and have done less time than my son. It may not be fair but while he is inside he is off drugs. I always pray that God will keep my children safe. Maybe all that prison time is keeping my son safe.
I wish someone or something could have kept Whitney safe.
2 comments:
Hi Dot, read this with great sadness and empathy. Drugs abuse touches so many of us, those who abuse and those who are forced to sit on the sidelines and helplessly watch. We well know your upset, the dread of that late night phone call. We almost gave up with our oldest and were slowly shutting down when, after twenty plus years, she started to emerge from the hell she was in. Thankfully, today she’s rebuilding her life. While the damage done to her body is irreparable and she struggles with that, she is back and we thank God.
Thank you Jeff. Hearing about recovery and knowing that there is hope helps. People tell us to just give up and quit trying with our kids. But they are our kids and when parents are not there for their kids there is a lot of blame too ...can't make everyone happy.
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