Cookie actually no I am not a source, but yes I do have to battle the same problem to some degree that you do with the same bunch of folks as you do. I do have mixed emotions on how drug addictions should be treated. I am really not being opinionated toward you. Actually I am one of the good guys of the bunch yes I use to be very close the some of the sources of Chads but I never was a user but I have a few family members that were. So when I speak it is words out of reliable mouths. But that really isnt any of my business and I will be woman enough to stand up and say that I am sorry for the comment that I stated about the house, sincerely. I do understand believe it or not what you are going through I do have very strong hard and angry emotions about the drug situations due to it being so close and the experience that I have to face on a daily basis. I am truely sorry for what you are going through and I do hope that chad gets cleaned up and on the right road with God for his 2 girls. This drug is something that family members, friends and spouses will have to deal with everyday, 94% of meth user will relapse. And that is what hurts so much because really no matter what anyone does there will always be times for them when they crave it and most of the time they will use to pass that craving. What is so sad is that it takes 6 minutes to get over a craving. If you can occupy that person and get them active in doing something physical then the craving will pass. I am very sorry if I had said anything to offend you. I hope the best for your family and everyone else that has loved ones with this addiction.

To Mythinking, you evidently are close to the source speculating your commments. I have two houses and his granddaddy didnt give Chad that house, that is my house that Chad was being allowed to live in rent free, since he was having a hard time getting a job due to the felony charges. Second of all over 40,000 has been spent on rehab for Chad. So therefore it is time for him to spend time in a cell since he refused to get help and continue on his destructive path of choice. Now the motives for the actions that I took were in his best interest due to the path of destruction that he was on and the main motive was the safety of the children. So all you opininated people can think what you wish. My child is in a cell tonight number 1 reason for his own choices and actions. Not me. And futhermore you can look to not me but someone else was bonding him out on the earlier charges. My only time was in Federal court in Jan. for him to spend a month or two with his girls, due to his sentence will be between 10 and 40 years. So a mother's love and my granddaughters is the drive behind my actions.

Regarding the felony charges, you can have a decent job and life after a felony conviction. I have two family members that are living proof of this. I know that you will miss many opportunities such as voting, college financial aid, and some jobs. When you are talking meth, and your options are eventual death and continued assistance in the corruption of society or a felony conviction on your record, to me, what is the real choice there? Drug addicts do need permanent rehabilitation, but the first step long before you get there is paying for your crime, and having lots of time to think about the choices you have made that got you there. It will be up to Chad what he does after this, and no one can live his life for him. I don't think softening up on drug offenders is going to help. I think it should be much, much tougher. Like I said before, put them in a cell and let them sleep on the floor if there is no room. They need to have it tough if there will ever be any permanent behavior changes. They have to never want to go back to that place again. Patting them on the hand and sending them to rehab does very little from the people I have seen. They just come back. There is a time and a place for leniency and a time and a place to say "enough is enough." A young kid who makes a mistake once with no prior record, sure, give him community service, fines, judicial diversion and probation. But when you come back again for the same old crap, you should have to pay with time. If this happens, he obviously made no real changes in his life; he just worked the system. When that happens, the penalty should be tough. You can't rehab people who have no intention of changing.

Is it really that she wanted to help her son to get off drugs or is it she wants him to go away to get the house that grandaddy gave him? Cause I would think with all that has been done she would have already tried to get help to get off drugs not just bail him out of everything. Then all the sudden he gets the house and next thing you know oops he is making meth.

I totally understand wanting to help your son. I have 4 children myself and two are teenagers. I have delt with drug addiction within my family with several people and the same as chads mother. But I look at it differently I guess. Drug use is not right or okay doesnt matter if you are using and making meth, or if you are taking hydrocodine by going to the doctor saying that you need them for pain. DRUG USE IS DRUG USE. I feel if you want to help a loved one you would get the professional help, (not just counseling), first. Prison for 6 to 10 years is very extreme and should be a last resource for helping. Yes it is wonderful that the making of the drug is one less for the county, but there are other ways. Prison is extreme for someone who just has a drug habit and needs to find god and find support within his loved ones. Now this child, young man will be gone for several years and will miss out on his child growing up just because no one got him the help. He will be stuck in prison, probably become a gang member hopefully he will come out okay. But people that hasnt experienced jail or prison doesnt realize what goes on and what can happen in there. There are other options for these people that are using meth and other drugs its just that the system arrest these people then let them out on bond and they are back on the streets doing the same thing the next day. They do not try to get the drug users help to get off the drugs they just lock everybody up and think that is rehab and that will fix the problem. But its not most people come out of jail or prison and they have a felony, they cant EVER get a job or a good paying job for themself due to their felony so therefore they turn back to what they have always known, DRUGS. Yes it is their fault for the choices that they made but they have to live with it forever there is never a new start (the drug felonys never drop off their record) for them thats why so many drug users relaps and never changes. Im not saying what chad or any other drug user is doing is right but there are other options to try to keep the drugs of the street.

i am so sorry to the family ( the mother ) of this young man... i have been free and clear of the drug for a long time but i do know chad am i sorry that you have to endure this pain... i have a son of my own and i am sooo worried some day that he will become an addict.. please stay strong and help him as much as you can. he will not be able to overcome this just through cousenling. he will need alot of support when he comes out of jail/ and or rehab... he needs friends that know a different way of life... my prayers are with you may GOD bless you...

THE RIGHT THING WAS DONE......CHILDREN DON'T THINK OF THE HEART ACHE THEY CAUSE PARENTS WHEN THEY DO CRAZY THINGS...THEN THE PARENTS GET THE BAD REPUTATION......

Chad's mother,

Everyone in the community should be proud of you and should envy you for being strong and doing the right thing. Maybe we can learn a lesson from you and your son learn his lesson as well.

I applaud this mother. I can not imagine the anguish that she is going through, but she definitely has done the right thing.

"Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all". ~Oliver Wendell Holmes