Reply To: Daughter’s drug use

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doctors-wife
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How dreadful – my heart goes out to you and your precious daughter.

Get yourself some support either from http://www.teenchallenge.org.uk

or google The Recover Course who do 12 week courses for addicts and family support alongside.

Cocaine, tramadol and ketamine are highly addictive and only rehab will save her I’m sorry to say, so in the meantime save yourselves and do all that you can to stop enabling her – cut all money streams and don’t trust her. T

In the meantime try and engage with her beyond talking about her drug habits. Take her out and try and be interested in her as a person. Drug counsellors use Motivational Interviewing techniques to get the addict to think about the consequences of their drug taking – rather than lecture; ask her questions which will make her think about what she is doing to herself.

Call the police or crimestoppers anonymously to report the dealers or even your daughter if she is under 18 she is a minor and it is a safeguarding situation – she may be being exploited – in which case you can report her to the Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub – better to do that before she is 19. Call the college counsellors and tell them of your concerns. Expect lies and to be used and manipulated.

Take her to the GP

Heartbreaking but stay strong. Loving her will not be shown by giving him money.

Sending all good wishes for strength and wisdom. xx

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