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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 727620" data-attributes="member: 18958">Lbl. Hi. This might sound brutal. He knows the terms. If he goes to prison so be it. That would be overcome-able. Really. For you I hate to say it, it would be a gift of sorts. He would be contained. It would be real life. He would have to choose or not whether to do what was needed to sink or to swim in this life. It would no longer be on you--not even a tiny bit.If we look at it one way there is no really bad outcome in the immediate future. Either prison or rehab. Prison is a sort of rehab. There is frequently drug treatment. He can finish school and go to college. He might learn a trade. There is church. There is lots of learning. It is not what we would have wished but I have posted this a number of times--i have wished for prison for my son. More than a few times. So he would learn.I am not minimizing this. But it is almost out of your hands. I am pissd at him for putting you and your husband in this spot. I hope he makes the right choice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 727620, member: 18958"] Lbl. Hi. This might sound brutal. He knows the terms. If he goes to prison so be it. That would be overcome-able. Really. For you I hate to say it, it would be a gift of sorts. He would be contained. It would be real life. He would have to choose or not whether to do what was needed to sink or to swim in this life. It would no longer be on you--not even a tiny bit. If we look at it one way there is no really bad outcome in the immediate future. Either prison or rehab. Prison is a sort of rehab. There is frequently drug treatment. He can finish school and go to college. He might learn a trade. There is church. There is lots of learning. It is not what we would have wished but I have posted this a number of times--i have wished for prison for my son. More than a few times. So he would learn. I am not minimizing this. But it is almost out of your hands. I am pissd at him for putting you and your husband in this spot. I hope he makes the right choice. [/QUOTE]

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