Son 25 heroin addiction

by T Finch

(Kentucky )

My 25 yr old son has been using for probably 3-5 yrs. Heroin has been his drug of choice. He has been living with my ex wife since we divorced when he was about nine years old.

I have tried to be a good father, however, I can admit I have made some mistakes along the way. After being in and out of facilities for addiction, he finally hit a wall pretty hard. Due to his stealing, lying, and heroin use I would not give him any money or allow him to stay in my home.

Since then he has been in another facility and working(so he says). The problem I am having is that he does not really want to talk to me, and he does not really want to see me. I have been trying, and trying to get with him.

It is heartbreaking, and stressful. I love my son to death, I feel like he is blaming me for this problem of his. He was not allowed to stay with me because I have three step children and a wife in the home. That was extremely hard for me and my wife to enforce.

I often wonder if I made the right choices. I feel like I have been a lousy father. I am feeling extremely guilty and sick about it. Can you give me some input or advice?

I have been really trying to reach out to him, and see him. He is really avoiding me. I have not seen him in months. I don’t know what to do or what to say. All I know is that I feel terrible all the time. And of course I really miss my son.

What is a parent to do in this situation? He wont even give me an address where he’s staying. Oh, and by the way, it’s a person’s home who is supposedly helping drug addicts and helping them to be structured. It’s not a rehab facility per say.

I am lost, and sick about it all. Please give me some insight . Thanks for your time, I appreciate it.

and Finally Remember:

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”
– Matthew 7:7-8

Recent Articles

• 
  
  

1. Drug Addiction Theories

   Jan 15, 18 08:56 AM

   

   Drug Addiction Theories is description of addiction and the differences between abuse and addiction. How can you tell one from the other?

   Read More

2. How can I get my son help with no health insurance?

   Jan 13, 18 09:18 AM

   My 33 yr old son goes to a methadone clinic and taking Xanax’s with it from off the street. I’m so scared of walking in his bedroom one day and he won’t

   Read More

3. Codeine Abuse Facts

   Jan 12, 18 09:02 AM

   

   Codeine Abuse Facts helps to explain why some many people become drug abusers and drug addicted and how big the toll of drugs really is…

   Read More