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Adult son addicted to pills and soon to be homeless
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<blockquote data-quote="Scott_G" data-source="post: 603121" data-attributes="member: 16626"><p>I'm happy to see that my wife is finally coming around. She told our son last night that we would be by to pick him up at 8AM and take him to the bus station, and if he wasn't there, he was on his own. Apparently the girlfriends parents would not take her back. She has an uncle that said she could stay with him but she had to make up her mind by Wednesday. She finally decided to go to South Carolina today. Before they left, I told them both (with my wife present as well) that this absolutely was the last time they would be getting any help from us and for better or worse, they needed to take care of themselves. We gave them the cash as they boarded the bus. We even waited and watched the bus leave. I told my wife again that whatever they do from this point out is all on them and we will not be offering any more help. My wife says she agrees and I hope that she continues to feel that way.</p><p></p><p>I am under no illusion to think that what we did is going to bring them any closer to getting clean. In fact I'm pretty certain they will screw up in South Carolina too. But now they are 1000 miles from home, and both the wife and I agree that it will be easier to detach with such a great physical separation. For better or for worse, we just wanted him to go. If he does decide to get his life together, it should be much easier there because he is going to be living somewhere with a much lower cost of living, and if he doesn't I have told his mother at least a half dozen times already that the answer is "no" if he asks for money, a way back home, or a place to stay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott_G, post: 603121, member: 16626"] I'm happy to see that my wife is finally coming around. She told our son last night that we would be by to pick him up at 8AM and take him to the bus station, and if he wasn't there, he was on his own. Apparently the girlfriends parents would not take her back. She has an uncle that said she could stay with him but she had to make up her mind by Wednesday. She finally decided to go to South Carolina today. Before they left, I told them both (with my wife present as well) that this absolutely was the last time they would be getting any help from us and for better or worse, they needed to take care of themselves. We gave them the cash as they boarded the bus. We even waited and watched the bus leave. I told my wife again that whatever they do from this point out is all on them and we will not be offering any more help. My wife says she agrees and I hope that she continues to feel that way. I am under no illusion to think that what we did is going to bring them any closer to getting clean. In fact I'm pretty certain they will screw up in South Carolina too. But now they are 1000 miles from home, and both the wife and I agree that it will be easier to detach with such a great physical separation. For better or for worse, we just wanted him to go. If he does decide to get his life together, it should be much easier there because he is going to be living somewhere with a much lower cost of living, and if he doesn't I have told his mother at least a half dozen times already that the answer is "no" if he asks for money, a way back home, or a place to stay. [/QUOTE]
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