Experimentation is what most teens do. Our son started with marijuana the summer before his freshmen year of high school. The beginning of his Sophomore year he purchased Xanax on the street to share with friends. He took them all and was high for 48 hours. We immediately did everything we could to get him into our local recovery center. This was the first of many trips to rehab. He would have weeks or months of abstinence, then go on a bender which could last a couple of weeks until a crisis happened that would land him back in rehab. This seemed to be the routine all through his high school years. He did well in school; played football and baseball. He worked. Had great friends and he had his “using” friends. He seemed to keep it together until he couldn’t. October 18th, 2019 changed his life forever.
