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Originally Posted by Evil Jawa
It was areally weird situation. She knows I've had a problem with coke in the past. So today I came out of the back door and saw her sitting there doing a line off a little cosmetics mirror. She was all like "oh, I'm not doing anything" but then I made her give me the coke. I was pissed and was about to tear into her but then I realized how hypocritical that would be. So I snorted what was left and passed her the mirror with a line on it. She did a double-take and looked really confused, but finished the line. Then I was all confused, I realized this probably wasn't the best parenting maneuver, but I didn't know waht to say and it was too late to take it back. Fuck, I just went inside and locked myself in my office where I've been drinking for the past 6 hours.  |
I agree that'd be a hard situation. I have no children (yet) myself, and I've done drugs myself so I'm not sure how I'd handle it when it came down to something like that.
I remember the first time I came home stoned on pot; my mom knew something was amiss and sat me down on the couch after I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and right away she asked "what are you on." I couldn't eat the most yummy sandwich I ever made and ended up having a conversation with her, mostly about how I thought marijuana was OK and her telling me it wasn't. I smoked pot for years after that and eventually stopped, but I'll always remember her trying to be a figure against something that may harm me, because she loved me and didn't want me to hurt myself.
I think in regard to coke, it's a different situation as that drug can fuck up a person in ways marijuana could never.
I'd have a "sitdown" with your daughter and tell her the truth about the drug as you experienced it and why you quit. Get so emotional about it, start crying. She's an individual and will do what she wants, but at least she'll always have the image of you pouring your soul out over such an evil substance that maybe it might change her mind in some situations.