Mine started even before the addiction did:
- My son will never become an addict because I am a good mother (while judging another mother of an addict when my son was little).
- My son became an addict because I am a bad mother (many years later)
- I can believe my son when he says it is only weed. I brought him up to be honest (whilst he is tripping on acid and who knows what. Also whilst he is dealing drugs from my house and we are known as the "drug-house")
- This is only a phase. My son will outgrow it by 25 (27 and still going strong).
I believed every other lie mentioned here. It is comforting to know how similar we all are.