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<blockquote data-quote="Marcie Mac" data-source="post: 112471" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>I don't see how putting him in touch with help via a sponsor and a way to get to meetings, and a possible job is enabling. To me it would be a starting point - and much better than him floundering around. Too much time to flounder and he will be back to the way he was. To me, it would be much better he get out of rehab and hit the ground running having something in place. He either takes advantage of it or not - its his call. </p><p></p><p>I know you don't want to enable, and you want to help, but (saying this kindly) there seems there is a little bit of a control thing going on with you. At 22, I don't think he is as "unaware" as you would like to think. He knows what he needs to do, whether or not he does it is another thing, and none of that is under your control. </p><p></p><p>Marcie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcie Mac, post: 112471, member: 47"] I don't see how putting him in touch with help via a sponsor and a way to get to meetings, and a possible job is enabling. To me it would be a starting point - and much better than him floundering around. Too much time to flounder and he will be back to the way he was. To me, it would be much better he get out of rehab and hit the ground running having something in place. He either takes advantage of it or not - its his call. I know you don't want to enable, and you want to help, but (saying this kindly) there seems there is a little bit of a control thing going on with you. At 22, I don't think he is as "unaware" as you would like to think. He knows what he needs to do, whether or not he does it is another thing, and none of that is under your control. Marcie [/QUOTE]
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