Kate1 you did what we are all doing – trying to stop them, help them, guide them; trouble is wee are helpless. The drugs have taken over and they cannot see what downward spiral their lives are taking.
You are so right the dealers draw them in – he got drawn in just after his GCSE’s/beginning of A Levels. I think it gave him a bit of confidence. Then I think he became dependent; self medicating?
He’s just scraped through his degree or so we think – not seen any evidence. He asked for an extension on his dissertation and lots of other modules and says he won’t get his degree until January. I’ve called the University and they’ve told me
they can’t discuss!
He’s 21, 22 in November.