Hi Kez....an interesing post and one some will read and think what is this person on about..others will read and get the jist straight away...Your story is one of many parents nightmare...I am a mother to 2 boys 13 and 12.. a good balance of friends..some do drugs..some do alcohol..some dont need to do anything...at the present..my boys fall into that category...I have tried so hard to make sure it is like that for them..the scare stories..pictures of kids dying from the effects..to really bang it home what it does to the body..the mind..

Your Mitch..will do ok if he knows he has the love and support...but is he getting the correct support from drug counsellors??.... He has obviously struggled through life..and for a time ..same age...I did to...drugs sex and rock `n` roll ..was all I knew..then BANG!!...a wake up call and I came to my senses..found stability..and thankful for all I have experienced in my life....M will get that BANG one day..but only he can do it and want it..I wanted it..and now at 39,this month...I feel at last happy and stable...loving family and friends...a good balance both mentally and physically..Some days are a struggle..but more happy times than bad now.. Hang on in there...tell Mitch I am thinking of him..and tell him that you love him and need for him to continue with life..not throw it all away..that would be such a waste..xx