My1,
Ime....I had to want to be clean with all of my heart.
Breaking through the addiction cycle was hell on earth.
The suffering was worse than anything I have ever experienced.
I will relate it to having a cold for over a year, and the whole time part of me is saying....use and you will feel better.
Unless the other part of me wanting to quit could win the mental battle, I would relapse...over and over until I go crazy.
That is what started to happen to me. Folks start hearing voices, seeing things, have hellish anxiety etc.
The dr. Prescribes depression meds. Etc.
Sounds like your boy's problem is already out of the bag though, so he might already have an rx.
Anyway, using and taking meds is a whole new level of hell on earth that I never personally dealt with.
Bottom line...I had to want to fight for my life.
Thanks.