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easy child, older friends, drinking. Does this worrying ever end?
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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 551718" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>Suzir, </p><p></p><p> I just recently learned..about DUde and his 2 "I have a headace" episodes....I knew about one heavy drinking incident......and he does not drive. or daughter not at the time. He drag Goldschlager to see if the gold would come out in the "end" and drank so much he got alcohol poisoning. Sad to admit it.....but at one brief period in my life - when dude was 10 and went off to live in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC)? I drank myself into poisoning, Three days I laid on the bathroom floor....I( literally) thought I was dying and due to depression didn't care if i did or not...(skewed thinking/) </p><p></p><p>Due called and told us he couldn't stop throwing up.....described it as a migraine/////never asked to talk to his dad......just said WHAT DO I DO???? We called hum back and said - GET TO THE ER NOW......he never told us for months he had drank himself to alcohol poisoning....They kept him there three days. THAT was bad. Later .....maybe 2 months later he drank I don't know how much but he's not a drinker....(sounds redundant to say that but better put he's not an alcoholic) .....When he did not recover from the night before he got up and took himself to the hospital (room mate drove) and that time he called, and that time he admitted he was not going to drink again when he was d epressed......and the only thing I kept thinking in all of it was......I had been honest about myself getting out of control, depressed over him and drinking - so he realized this time - it's not worth it. . DF said I did the right thing -----I've never admitted I was anything less than ....a great roll model and I'm not proud of that night - I never drank as a kid, or a married woman...but when they took my son to Residential Treatment Center (RTC)? I lost it.....progressively....and alcohol did not help. Since that night? Almost 13 years ago? I haven't had anything to drink. Trust me - it took 10 years not to have my mouth water up thinking about tequila....or even saying it. (not kidding) </p><p></p><p>I don't know what statistics show but I do know that having a straight up - "girlfriend" talk with my son on the phone that day - may have saved his life and his future. YOU CAN NOT prevent any of this from happening...and if they are going to be alcoholics? I believe that is probably genetic. The fact that I never drank, don't enjoy it -----but his Fathers side of the family is rife with alcoholism? Worried me to no end....but worrying never fixed anything....</p><p></p><p>Present the facts to him.....give him options......and try and find some peace. </p><p></p><p>Hugs & Love </p><p>Star</p><p>"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 551718, member: 4964"] Suzir, I just recently learned..about DUde and his 2 "I have a headace" episodes....I knew about one heavy drinking incident......and he does not drive. or daughter not at the time. He drag Goldschlager to see if the gold would come out in the "end" and drank so much he got alcohol poisoning. Sad to admit it.....but at one brief period in my life - when dude was 10 and went off to live in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC)? I drank myself into poisoning, Three days I laid on the bathroom floor....I( literally) thought I was dying and due to depression didn't care if i did or not...(skewed thinking/) Due called and told us he couldn't stop throwing up.....described it as a migraine/////never asked to talk to his dad......just said WHAT DO I DO???? We called hum back and said - GET TO THE ER NOW......he never told us for months he had drank himself to alcohol poisoning....They kept him there three days. THAT was bad. Later .....maybe 2 months later he drank I don't know how much but he's not a drinker....(sounds redundant to say that but better put he's not an alcoholic) .....When he did not recover from the night before he got up and took himself to the hospital (room mate drove) and that time he called, and that time he admitted he was not going to drink again when he was d epressed......and the only thing I kept thinking in all of it was......I had been honest about myself getting out of control, depressed over him and drinking - so he realized this time - it's not worth it. . DF said I did the right thing -----I've never admitted I was anything less than ....a great roll model and I'm not proud of that night - I never drank as a kid, or a married woman...but when they took my son to Residential Treatment Center (RTC)? I lost it.....progressively....and alcohol did not help. Since that night? Almost 13 years ago? I haven't had anything to drink. Trust me - it took 10 years not to have my mouth water up thinking about tequila....or even saying it. (not kidding) I don't know what statistics show but I do know that having a straight up - "girlfriend" talk with my son on the phone that day - may have saved his life and his future. YOU CAN NOT prevent any of this from happening...and if they are going to be alcoholics? I believe that is probably genetic. The fact that I never drank, don't enjoy it -----but his Fathers side of the family is rife with alcoholism? Worried me to no end....but worrying never fixed anything.... Present the facts to him.....give him options......and try and find some peace. Hugs & Love Star " [/QUOTE]
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