Unfortunately, my son has now got into drugs. I don't know what I am going to do about this. On Thursday night, he came off his pushbike when the guy who was towing him on a power scooter , hit a bump. Fortunately, no broken bones but a lot of lost skin and deep gouges. Then he goes off to Braddon, I think this is where the drug dealing goes on, and at 4.30am, he goes to buy cigarettes, leaving his wallet in the car with his friends, someone grabs his wallet and runs off. He is, presumably, stoked with dope and runs after the kids, who drop his wallet, and buzzes off. He then rings the police but takes off before they arrive (again drug induced behaviour), comes home as irritable as anything and starts phoning on the house phone. I chose not to come out of my bedroom for fear of being attacked.
Later after a bit of sleep, I find him under the car. Of course, I wanted to know what was going on. He was looking for the snazzy phone, the one with all the data connections, he will never use, he bought just before Christmas. He can't remember what happened to it after he phoned the cops. All he can remember is throwing it somewhere. It is turned off so he can't ring the number to find it. Being the mum I am I start looking. There is so much junk in the car, in fact it was a bit like searching through a garbage bin or a mini tip, and the stench of marijuana was overwhelming. I gave up.
I was a bit surprised he didn't go out and it was only when someone rang the doorbell, and I said "is it one of your friends?" he said "no, its the cops, can you come out?". This was when I understood, why all the windows in his car were open, and he hadn't gone out. He was, obviously, expecting the cops so there is more to this I have been told.
I find it rather sad that when the chips are down, he relies on his mother to come and save him. That is the only time he interacts with me and it not because he loves me, it is because I am useful.
What am I going to do with him? I remember another time, he went off the rails. He was 7 or 8 or maybe older. He got in with a bad crowd. It did resolve itself. But these friends, he is associating with, are friends he has had for years and they are dumb. Toby, has very good communication skills which belie, his lack of brains. He is, also, a dare devil. Josh is just dumb and a follower. He has always been in admiration of Nick so matter what he does. Josh thinks its okay.
When I had some work done on my garden, one of the guys, who removed the tree brought along a neighbour, an ex-cop, who told me if I had any trouble with Nick to call him and he would sort him out. His idea of sorting Nick out would be violent, and I can't stand violence so I can't ask. I am just getting a bit fed up at being used all the time.
