Dealing with a drug abusing family member is not easy.
So when a Napa Valley set of parents found unprescribed Oxycontins in their son’s bedroom they were stuck with a dilemma.
The parents knew what they had to do.
They picked up the phone and called the authorities. They didn’t try to sweep the problem under the rug, or call it a “phase.”
They took action that could have saved their son’s life.
Their son now faces charges of possessing a controlled substance.
This had to have been one of the most difficult decisions a family could make. But the alternative was allowing their son, who is a legal adult but still living in their home, go on to a potential life of addiction.
This may be the last bit of authority these parents use on their son, but it just may have been the help that they need.