Originally Posted by
Ann 
I am glad he is getting help, LMN. Being a child in a bad marriage is hard, and when there is abuse or drugs involved it is worse. They learn to hide and to become invisible. They learn to stuff their emotions. They have no voice, no say in what happens.
I hope your friend keeps him in therapy, so that he doesn't repeat the cycle of addiction to numb his pain.
My son came from a birth family of addiction and abuse, and I believe it is that pain that took him to drugs and kept him there.
God bless the child.
Hugs
It's a slippery slope. He is so afraid to take any medications because of his fathers addiction. This kid is 100% anti drugs. They tried a holistic approach but that has not helped.
He has finally agreed to try an antidepressant. He will not try Ativan or Xanax because of the possible addiction to them.
The evil irony of addiction. The son now has to take a pill to help deal with the fact his dad couldn't stop taking them. Ugh