We are out our wits end and desperate for advice.
My 17 year old nephew. He is dealing drugs. Not weed. We think a white powder.
He has dropped out of his a-levels and broken up with his girlfriend.
His parents are divorced but on good terms.
As far as life goes he had/has had everything. Loving parents who got on well even though divorced. A private education. Good GCSEs.
He's suddenly over the last year dropped out of school and is keeping the wrong company. We have found new clothes, a separate phone, 2 empty small plastic bags.
He has runaway on several occasions. His behaviour is aggressive. He has lost weight and looks yellow. Doesn't have much of an appetite either.
He is from such a loving family. The family have tried stopping him from going out - they are trying to work out why he has gone this way. My relatives are in pieces. His mother is a shell of the person she was - all he keeps saying is he doesn't need his family he can make his own money.
What do we do? How do we get him away from this company? At the moment he won't even talk to us.
I do not live nearby but I'm trying to help from a distance.
Does anyone have experience of this behaviour? Any success stories. He is 17 we have a small window before he is an adult.