Originally Posted by
Learn2Live 
Also, I wanted to ask, how do you know that this young person is struggling with grief? Are you making an assumption here just because that is what any "normal" person would do? Beware of tricks you play in your own mind. This is not a "normal" kid you are dealing with here; this is an addict and there is a whole 'nother rule book on this.
His behavior didnt turn this way until his father died. And he has expressed extreme grief to both his mother, and to my husband. I saw him at the funeral and he wa so torn up it was pitiful to watch. So no the grief is real Im certain of it.