Posted by mair on February 12, 2005, at 16:39:07
In reply to The Kids are Alright..., posted by medhed on February 12, 2005, at 6:40:34
I never thought of any of the drugs I take as being something that anyone would want. Last year, my klonopin disappeared maybe twice over the course of several months. the first time I didn't have that much left and just assumed I misplaced it. It wasn't a big deal because I had some somewhere else so it wasn't like I was suddenly without any at all. The second time, last summer, I really freaked because it finally dawned on me that the two incidents had to be related and that I hadn't simply misplaced a bottle of pills. This is after I tore my bedroom and bathroom apart. What was worst of all was trying to figure out who might have taken them. I have 2 teenage kids. It's awful to have to suspect them. One, my daughter, really had been at a friends for most of the previous 24 hours, so her opportunities were very limited. My son was totally adamant that it wasn't him. I knew that conventional wisdom would have it was probably him and that I had typical parental blinders on not to see it. But mothers always do think they know their kids and it really isn't/wasn't his style, and his denials were very convincing - as was his very believable ignorance about the drug. And I thought it was interesting that he thought it was nuts for me to think that someone from outside the house might have stolen them, while accepting my assertions that I hadn't misplaced them. If it was him, you'd think he'd want to deflect suspicion to someone else.
I live in a very sparsely settled neighborhood and I never lock my doors. I chose to believe that it was a kid in the neighborhood who had once been in drug rehab, and whom I had suspected of being in our house one time a few years ago. He moved out of the neighborhood shortly after the pills disappeared and it hasn't happened again, although that hardly proves anything. For awhile I got to be really good about hiding my klonopin, but I've gotten sloppy again.
It is really sad, and of course to this date I hope I was right about my son.
Mair
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