My Advice to Parents

I lost my best friend last June from a drug overdose.

I told him to stop many times, but he didn’t want to listen.

When he died I didn’t shed a tear on his casket—I just whispered, “That’s what he likes,” and “Now lay in it.”

I was so mad.

I just did not understand.

I was very mad.

It took me a while to put my mind to rest. I read a lot of information on the Internet and found good data and advice on the Narconon website and I finally came to this conclusion.

Being able to recognize the indicators, being able to confront what is going to happen to an addict and have the guts and the means to go all the way to save his or her life is not a simple task and nobody teaches you this at school—or in life for that matter.

I then came to realize that I should have known his peculiar behavior was trouble. Now I know why he had 2 cellphones—one for family and close friends, one for buying drugs and sex from strangers. He started by excessively drinking alcohol and then made the decision to start taking drugs and hang with the wrong company.

My Advice to Parents

Monitor your children’s spending habits and be on the watch for them spending time with the wrong company. If your son comes home drunk and is in a bad mood the next morning, have him sign a piece of paper stating if they come home high and drunk again, next time they will not be allowed inside their home and no longer supported by the family. The authorities will take over and they will be on their own. Be resolute on this, not naive. A momentary upset can be healed, a lost life cannot.

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