Wow -  Is this my life?  Do I really have a kid who came home with a black eye, possibly a re-broken nose, bruises, cuts, and a chipped tooth telling us he "fell off his bike?"  Yes - it's our life for now and it's real.  My hubby and I were at a parenting meeting for teens with chemical dependency last night, naturally, we turned off our cell phones while we were in class.  After we both got in our separate cars heading for home after the parent session, I turned on my cell to check for messages.  I had one from our friend, Dave.  My husband received a call, too, and returned the call first.  Dave, the one that our son confided in told us that T-man showed up to his house last night- this time all banged up and bleeding telling him that one of the drug dealers did it.  Note:  I saw his instant messaging on line AND my best friend called (her son got wind of it) and both indicated that the fight was with the other burglary victim.  Naturally, the kid was angry with my son for breaking into his house - they WERE friends.   Anyway, T-Man wasn't bad enough to have to go to the hospital, however.  But he did sit down and tell Dave that he wants out of the drug scene.  He told Dave that he wants to start going to AA with a friend of his.  One of T-Man's friends attends and told him it looks good in court if T-Man participates in this group.   We have an appt. this morning with his potential drug court P.O..  T-Man hasn't been accepted in drug court, yet, but this guy is willing to meet with us to get things rolling ....just in case.  So we will see......