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difficult child is back in jail....and God it is depressing
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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 621523" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>Hi HHE, sorry to hear about the latest. It sounds a little crazy to say this, but maybe jail is the best place for your difficult child to encounter his former cohort. It sounds like he would have, sooner or later. At least this way there is some safety/supervision. Your first post, when you were talking about pills or veering off the road, reminded me of what got me to Al-Anon. I was feeling so hopeless and exhausted because I *KNEW* it was all my fault, it just *HAD* to be, because I am his *MOTHER* and it's my *JOB* to *PROTECT* him but I *CAN'T, nothing I try *WORKS*...(yes, the endless loop in my head put the stress on words just like that). Anyway, I was contemplating suicide, not really ready to act on it but certainly ready to consider how I might do it, if I were to do it, and I made a little chart for myself. The #1 criteria was that it look like an accident, so that my difficult child wouldn't feel GUILTY! I was ready to take my own life because I was so wrapped up in his bad choices, but I wanted to make sure he wouldn't feel bad about it. That's messed up! I'm glad you are going to a support group. It has been really helpful for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 621523, member: 17720"] Hi HHE, sorry to hear about the latest. It sounds a little crazy to say this, but maybe jail is the best place for your difficult child to encounter his former cohort. It sounds like he would have, sooner or later. At least this way there is some safety/supervision. Your first post, when you were talking about pills or veering off the road, reminded me of what got me to Al-Anon. I was feeling so hopeless and exhausted because I *KNEW* it was all my fault, it just *HAD* to be, because I am his *MOTHER* and it's my *JOB* to *PROTECT* him but I *CAN'T, nothing I try *WORKS*...(yes, the endless loop in my head put the stress on words just like that). Anyway, I was contemplating suicide, not really ready to act on it but certainly ready to consider how I might do it, if I were to do it, and I made a little chart for myself. The #1 criteria was that it look like an accident, so that my difficult child wouldn't feel GUILTY! I was ready to take my own life because I was so wrapped up in his bad choices, but I wanted to make sure he wouldn't feel bad about it. That's messed up! I'm glad you are going to a support group. It has been really helpful for me. [/QUOTE]
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