im still 19 and stuck on the couch someone help!!! at least i can still climb 5.7 off the couch. but seriously growing up in oregon was a belssing to me. i was 15 4.5 years ago so i know a little bit better than most of you what it felt like. make sure hes not slipping into drugs, i know that in oregon that can be a really hard thing, and especially right now during this long dark winter. consider moving elsewhere in oregon, portland kinda sucks for raising kids compared to other cities, bend, corvallis, ashland... consider an exchange program, i know that helped a lot of my friends get out of their ruts. NOLS courses and stuff like that can be really good too. what high school is he attending in portland?