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difficult child relapsed . . . got kicked out of halfway house.
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<blockquote data-quote="Calamity Jane" data-source="post: 520929" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>I'm sorry for her, Kathy. It did sound like you had a feeling this was coming...mother's intuition. Hopefully during this week, you'll persuade her to go back on the mood stabilizer. I'm ignorant when it comes to sober living rules, but once they catch you using, can you <u>never </u>go back there? Knowing that relapse is common, I'm surprised they just throw you out, even if you want to get back on track, but if that's the rules, that's the rules. Is she going to try a different sober living place, or just an apartment on her own? I'm sure she'll behave herself this week, and is very grateful you're allowing her to stay temporarily. </p><p>One thing I noticed with my difficult child, is that he can <strong>never</strong> run on all cylinders at once. If he's doing OK in school, he'll lose his job, or if he's doing well at work, he's spending all his money on pot, etc. If he's getting along with us, he's having an emotional meltdown with someone else in his life...constant upheaval and drama which, I swear, he doesn't believe he causes himself. We're always waiting for the other shoe to drop, and we have to circle the wagons because he's in a "state." There's little evidence of long-term stability and emotional balance. Then, he gets to talking what husband and I consider manipulative nonsense about how he "doesn't want to be in this world anymore." He says this to freak us out and make us back off and feel sorry for him. husband constantly has to talk him off the ledge - it gets so draining and annoying, because the rest of us in this house are sick and tired of picking up the slack for him, and bad things happen in our lives too... we just roll with the punches and don't court trouble. His therapist suggested mood stabilizer also, but difficult child said he would NEVER take anything artificial! What he really needs is a head transplant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calamity Jane, post: 520929, member: 13882"] I'm sorry for her, Kathy. It did sound like you had a feeling this was coming...mother's intuition. Hopefully during this week, you'll persuade her to go back on the mood stabilizer. I'm ignorant when it comes to sober living rules, but once they catch you using, can you [U]never [/U]go back there? Knowing that relapse is common, I'm surprised they just throw you out, even if you want to get back on track, but if that's the rules, that's the rules. Is she going to try a different sober living place, or just an apartment on her own? I'm sure she'll behave herself this week, and is very grateful you're allowing her to stay temporarily. One thing I noticed with my difficult child, is that he can [B]never[/B] run on all cylinders at once. If he's doing OK in school, he'll lose his job, or if he's doing well at work, he's spending all his money on pot, etc. If he's getting along with us, he's having an emotional meltdown with someone else in his life...constant upheaval and drama which, I swear, he doesn't believe he causes himself. We're always waiting for the other shoe to drop, and we have to circle the wagons because he's in a "state." There's little evidence of long-term stability and emotional balance. Then, he gets to talking what husband and I consider manipulative nonsense about how he "doesn't want to be in this world anymore." He says this to freak us out and make us back off and feel sorry for him. husband constantly has to talk him off the ledge - it gets so draining and annoying, because the rest of us in this house are sick and tired of picking up the slack for him, and bad things happen in our lives too... we just roll with the punches and don't court trouble. His therapist suggested mood stabilizer also, but difficult child said he would NEVER take anything artificial! What he really needs is a head transplant. [/QUOTE]
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