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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 146711" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Given wisdom, what will you do?</p><p></p><p>Will you help him save himself? You <em><strong><u>can't</u></strong></em>.</p><p></p><p>Will you save him from <em>your enabling</em> him to avoid things like drug court where he would have been heavily monitored and had certain consequences for misbehavior in favor of a "program" that took him less than one day to go drug seeking at the ER and leave in less than a week? Because you <em><strong><u>can</u></strong></em>.</p><p></p><p>What will you choose? Given that you have been here several times before, it should be a no brainer.</p><p></p><p>Sorry if I sound blunt, but you know <em>my</em> son was in jail, too. <em>My</em> son was in rehab too. <em>I</em> walked away from my son, and after three years he has a job and a place to live that he pays for on his own. It took him that long to burn his bridges. I can't think of many of us on the board with grown children who didn't have kids in jail and/or rehab or who weren't there ourselves when we grew up.</p><p></p><p>Look at what everyone else is saying to you. They are saying the same thing I'm saying only they're saying it in a way that won't upset you. Problem is, you never seem to hear them.</p><p></p><p>Anyone wants to disagree with the <em><em>accuracy</em></em> of what I'm saying should say so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 146711, member: 99"] Given wisdom, what will you do? Will you help him save himself? You [I][B][U]can't[/U][/B][/I]. Will you save him from [I]your enabling[/I] him to avoid things like drug court where he would have been heavily monitored and had certain consequences for misbehavior in favor of a "program" that took him less than one day to go drug seeking at the ER and leave in less than a week? Because you [I][B][U]can[/U][/B][/I]. What will you choose? Given that you have been here several times before, it should be a no brainer. Sorry if I sound blunt, but you know [I]my[/I] son was in jail, too. [I]My[/I] son was in rehab too. [I]I[/I] walked away from my son, and after three years he has a job and a place to live that he pays for on his own. It took him that long to burn his bridges. I can't think of many of us on the board with grown children who didn't have kids in jail and/or rehab or who weren't there ourselves when we grew up. Look at what everyone else is saying to you. They are saying the same thing I'm saying only they're saying it in a way that won't upset you. Problem is, you never seem to hear them. Anyone wants to disagree with the [I][i]accuracy[/i][/I] of what I'm saying should say so. [/QUOTE]
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