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Homeless son, 26, how do I cope with this?
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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 620144" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>Welcome lulu, and I am glad you have found this group and site. There is strength in numbers! We can help each other as we KNOW the drill. </p><p></p><p>I am so sorry that you have two sons on the streets. My son will be right there again tomorrow---he gets out of jail again tonight with nowhere to go. </p><p></p><p>Drugs are a 40-foot-tall monster that mows down everything in its path, including us, if we let it. We are powerless against the monster, as you have found. We are powerless about the choices of other people---our precious sons---and also anybody else in the world. We are powerless about all people, places and things. But we are not helpless. There are so many tools available to us (just like our sons) to help us live a better, happier, more serene and more peaceful live, even as. Even as. </p><p></p><p>As you have found, we must turn (I actually visualize myself turning my body in another direction, and walking that way) and go in a new direction.</p><p></p><p>That is also what our sons must do if they want to change. My son doesn't want to change either. So far. I will always have hope as he ages a bit, tastes reality even more like he is living, and realize I have changed---there is no help from me anymore---so he must now help himself. Then, maybe, with the grace of God, he will begin to change. </p><p></p><p>I haven't lost hope but I am so much more realistic today than even yesterday.</p><p></p><p>Hang in there lulu. It is sad. It is scary. It is hard to live like this, as parents, with those we love in danger. We do just have to let go. </p><p></p><p>We are here for you. We get it. Blessings and peace and hope and prayers for you and your precious sons (all three of them!) and your husband today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 620144, member: 17542"] Welcome lulu, and I am glad you have found this group and site. There is strength in numbers! We can help each other as we KNOW the drill. I am so sorry that you have two sons on the streets. My son will be right there again tomorrow---he gets out of jail again tonight with nowhere to go. Drugs are a 40-foot-tall monster that mows down everything in its path, including us, if we let it. We are powerless against the monster, as you have found. We are powerless about the choices of other people---our precious sons---and also anybody else in the world. We are powerless about all people, places and things. But we are not helpless. There are so many tools available to us (just like our sons) to help us live a better, happier, more serene and more peaceful live, even as. Even as. As you have found, we must turn (I actually visualize myself turning my body in another direction, and walking that way) and go in a new direction. That is also what our sons must do if they want to change. My son doesn't want to change either. So far. I will always have hope as he ages a bit, tastes reality even more like he is living, and realize I have changed---there is no help from me anymore---so he must now help himself. Then, maybe, with the grace of God, he will begin to change. I haven't lost hope but I am so much more realistic today than even yesterday. Hang in there lulu. It is sad. It is scary. It is hard to live like this, as parents, with those we love in danger. We do just have to let go. We are here for you. We get it. Blessings and peace and hope and prayers for you and your precious sons (all three of them!) and your husband today. [/QUOTE]
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