Isawamagpie Sat 11-Apr-20 11:09:44

I am going to be as honest and open as possible. Tell them everything I've tried and the obvious downfalls from it.

Before I met DP I was regularly taking cocaine, he hated it and made me stopped. I tried arguing the merits of it once and had a sudden wake up call and a wtf moment.

I was on my way down a very slippery slope and thank god he stopped me.

I would want my child to know that they could come to me with any questions, if they're going to use i would rather I knew about it (of course I would discourage this behaviour, but I rather know that for example, have them need to go to hospital and have no clue they may have taken something)

I think honesty, education and having an open door policy is the best way to tackle this kind of thing - and to try and realise if they're spiraling.

Something that started as dabbling on and off for a few years can turn into something more, so having awareness of this fact and someone to talk to is paramount.