WE MADE HEADWAY!   LONG STORY SHORT......OUR SON'S ROOM WAS SEARCHED BY THE DETECTIVE KEVIN  (I'LL JUST CALL HIM KEV).  ANYWAY KEV CAME UP SHORT.  I FOUND SOMETHING I THOUGHT BELONGED TO OUR FRIEND AND KEV TOOK IT WITH HIM.  ALL ARROWS POINTED TO OUR SON BUT HE DENIED IT.  AFTER KEV LEFT MY HUSBAND AND T-MAN GOT INTO IT BIG TIME.  I ALMOST CALLED 911 BUT THEN IT WAS OKAY.  THEY COOLED OFF AND NO ONE WAS HURT.  T-MAN THEN ASKED MY HUSBAND IF HE COULD DRIVE HIM UP TO THE LOCAL DELI.  HE ASKED MY HUSBAND IF HE'D BUY HIM CIGARETTES!  THIS IS HOW FAR WE'VE COME!  CONSIDERING WHERE WE'RE AT NOW....CIGARETTES SEEMS SO INCIDENTAL AND NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT NOW.  ANYWAY.....HUSBAND WAS SO EMOTIONAL HE BROKE DOWN CRYING IN FRONT OF MY SON.  WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 23 YEARS AND I NEVER, EVER, SEEN MY HUSBAND CRY.  HE WAS SOBBING ON THE PHONE TELLING ME THAT MY SON WANTED TO GO FOR A WALK AND WAS HEADED HOME!!  ON THE WAY T-MAN STOPPED AT OUR FRIEND/NEIGHOR'S HOUSE AND APOLOGIZED ....TELLING HIM HE WOULD RETURN EVERYTHING!  OUR FRIEND, DAVE, TALKED TO HIM FOR A LONG TIME TELLING HIM THAT HIS PARENTS (US) LOVE HIM VERY MUCH AND ARE TRYING TO HELP HIM.  HE  ALSO SAID HE CARED FOR HIM AND THE DETECTIVE CARED AND ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS HELP.  NO ONE IS "OUT TO GET HIM" BUT TO HELP HIM.  HE TOLD MY SON THAT HE CAN CALL HIM ANYTIME....GIVING HIM HIS CELL #.  DAVE ALSO SHARED THAT HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT MY SON IS GOING THROUGH BECAUSE HE WAS ADDICTED TO PAIN PILLS A FEW YEARS BACK.  WHEN HE WAS YOUNG HE ALSO TOOK DRUGS AND KNOWS HOW ADDICTING THEY CAN BE!  NOW THIS ALL MAKES SENSE.....THE FACT THAT HE REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHEN WE TOLD HIM WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH!!  DIVINE INTERVENTION I SAY!  OH....T-MAN ALSO OPENED UP TO HIM THAT HE'S HOOKED ON COCAINE AND OWES HUNDREDS OF $ TO SOME DEALERS.  I WONDER IF THAT IS WHY HE STAYING CLOSER TO HOME THESE DAYS?   ANYWAY............IT'S A BIG STEP!  ***OUR SON WAS A MESS WHEN KEV WAS HERE....SWEARING AND OUT OF CONTROL.  I AM GLAD HE WAS THAT WAY BECAUSE KEV COULD SEE FOR HIS OWN EYES WHAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH.  HE SAID HE WILL MAKE SOME MORE CALLS TO GET THIS GOING.......