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difficult child out of jail, refuses rehab, I'm losing all hope for him
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<blockquote data-quote="pinevalley" data-source="post: 508906" data-attributes="member: 3710"><p>To Janet: No, I definitely do NOT think that you are a horrible mother for having your son arrested and then revoking his bail. I really admire the courage that you have to be so strong with your difficult child. I know from first hand experience that when your difficult child is arrested we feel terrible, awful, angry, worried and many other emotions all mixed up at the same time. I hope that I can find the same strength that you had now that I am in this crisis with my own difficult child.</p><p></p><p>I understand what everyone has stated that we have to set clear boundaries with our difficult child. This is all a learning experience for my h and I, and sometimes we feel totally lost trying to do the right thing for our addicted son. Our difficult child is not at home tonight, and I am not too scared for his safety. Frankly, I am exhausted from all the drama of this week, and I am enjoying the peace and quiet without difficult child at home. I am trying not to feel too sorry for myself, because it is just sooooo hard to have an addict in our family. I have spent the entire week being miserable and hopeless about our son, and I know that I have to learn to detach from all his problems, for my own sanity. I am going to my first Families Anonymous meeting this week-end, and I hope it will be helpful. </p><p></p><p>to Exhausted: Thank you for sharing the story of the elderly man who has a 60 year old son who is a heroin addict. I definitely do NOT want to be like that man, still dealing with an addict many years from now. If it was possible for my h and his job, we would even like to move far away so we can get away from difficult child and all his problems. The way our difficult child is acting right now, I don't know him and I don't really even like him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pinevalley, post: 508906, member: 3710"] To Janet: No, I definitely do NOT think that you are a horrible mother for having your son arrested and then revoking his bail. I really admire the courage that you have to be so strong with your difficult child. I know from first hand experience that when your difficult child is arrested we feel terrible, awful, angry, worried and many other emotions all mixed up at the same time. I hope that I can find the same strength that you had now that I am in this crisis with my own difficult child. I understand what everyone has stated that we have to set clear boundaries with our difficult child. This is all a learning experience for my h and I, and sometimes we feel totally lost trying to do the right thing for our addicted son. Our difficult child is not at home tonight, and I am not too scared for his safety. Frankly, I am exhausted from all the drama of this week, and I am enjoying the peace and quiet without difficult child at home. I am trying not to feel too sorry for myself, because it is just sooooo hard to have an addict in our family. I have spent the entire week being miserable and hopeless about our son, and I know that I have to learn to detach from all his problems, for my own sanity. I am going to my first Families Anonymous meeting this week-end, and I hope it will be helpful. to Exhausted: Thank you for sharing the story of the elderly man who has a 60 year old son who is a heroin addict. I definitely do NOT want to be like that man, still dealing with an addict many years from now. If it was possible for my h and his job, we would even like to move far away so we can get away from difficult child and all his problems. The way our difficult child is acting right now, I don't know him and I don't really even like him. [/QUOTE]
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