Reason why it is as it is..................

hAPPY FRIDAY ALL....
setting here this afternoon ,waiting on my oldest son to pick up my 5 year old grandson to bring to me...dark clouds filtering in from the east,still related to the tropical storm that went way south of us.wasn't so many years ago yesterday that opal tore through a # 3 hurricane...
WOW! what a night that was,and for several weeks after...
as i said on an earlier post,i have custody of my 2 year old grandson and me and the other nanna split it with the 5 year old grand.(they have different dads)
the reason for this is my daughter got on meth...for almost 7 months now,she has been gone.to protect the children we went and got temp. custody...the 2 year olds dad is also hooked on prescription drugs.pain pills etc...he od'ed in feb. of this year and almost died..did he stop? no he got worse..and drinks to go along with it.at the very least we give my daughter respect for leaving the babies with us before she left..we know they are safe.the 5 year old's dad helps with him. my 2 year old ha not seen mom for 7 months ,nor dad for 4 months.....
this is a story i am hearing more and more from people..drugs and alcohol are tearing our families apart..what can be done??? what can we do???
i know what we can't do. after the age of 21 ,you can't have them put anywhere uless they are suicidal or get busted!!!! if there has been a ''spotting'' of them when they leave ,you put out a missing persons bulletin ,you may be responsible for the man power put into it! you will be billed!!!! there is no where you can take someone that is ''drugged up'' unless you have thousands of dollars upfront...i will tell you from someone who knows the hard way....if this happens to your family,mostly your hands are tied to do anything that may save them...about all you can really do is pray....
it is sad that we do not have the facilities to save our kids after they reach 21,,,it is a bad thing to lay down at night and think your daughter may be dead ,or will happen. it is sad to hear your grandbabies want to know where mom and dad are ,and all you can say is ''i don't know,but we love you.......
I PRAY YOUR FAMILY NEVER EXPERIANCES THIS PAIN......