HI. I’ve just discovered my son has been hiding a cocaine addiction too. He came to me a month ago, just completely broken and said he’d been so stupid and got mixed up and now can’t get out of it because he’s addicted. I paid off the dealer and he promised no more. A few days ago the same thing happened. I’ve got him help and he has his first ‘meeting’ this week, though it is by phone because of covid. I realise he can’t just stop, but I don’t know what to do about him racking up debt. I have no more money and I’ve told him. The lies are horrific. I catch him out every single day. He’s begged me not to tell his dad and I know once his dad finds out he will wash his hands of him (we are divorced). Like you, I know the lies are because of the addiction, but it’s heartbreaking.
