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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 605906" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Savinggrace, I agree with MWM. You need to take back the power that you have given your son. There are ways to block texts on cell phones. I can tell you how if you have Sprint. I'm sure other carriers have the same feature. When my daughter's calls were inappropriate, I would send her calls straight to voicemail and block her texts. She got the message very quickly that I would not listen to her if she was going to be abusive or say inappropriate things.</p><p></p><p>I know how hard this is for you. I don't think you were on the board last year when my daughter overdosed on heroin and my husband found her in the nick of time and did compressions which kept her alive until the EMT's could get to our house. There is nothing more frightening than learning that your beloved child is shooting up heroin.</p><p></p><p>However, I finally have learned with the help of a therapist that I have to let go and live my life and hope and pray that my difficult child stays sober. She did go to residential treatment and then sober living and claims that she has been clean for 9 months. I don't know if that is true but it really doesn't matter. She is going to do whatever she is going to do and there is nothing I can do to stop her. I finally have come to the point where I realized that I can't let her ruin my life by dragging me down with her. </p><p></p><p>So start living for you and your husband and easy child. Set boundaries for your difficult child. You will only accept calls and text when they are appropriate and that may mean blocking them for periods of time until he realizes you mean it. Go to Alanon, Naranon, Families Anonymous or see a therapist or do them all. Give up the idea that you can fix things for your son. You can't . . . only he can.</p><p></p><p>I understand . . . I truly do.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 605906, member: 1967"] Savinggrace, I agree with MWM. You need to take back the power that you have given your son. There are ways to block texts on cell phones. I can tell you how if you have Sprint. I'm sure other carriers have the same feature. When my daughter's calls were inappropriate, I would send her calls straight to voicemail and block her texts. She got the message very quickly that I would not listen to her if she was going to be abusive or say inappropriate things. I know how hard this is for you. I don't think you were on the board last year when my daughter overdosed on heroin and my husband found her in the nick of time and did compressions which kept her alive until the EMT's could get to our house. There is nothing more frightening than learning that your beloved child is shooting up heroin. However, I finally have learned with the help of a therapist that I have to let go and live my life and hope and pray that my difficult child stays sober. She did go to residential treatment and then sober living and claims that she has been clean for 9 months. I don't know if that is true but it really doesn't matter. She is going to do whatever she is going to do and there is nothing I can do to stop her. I finally have come to the point where I realized that I can't let her ruin my life by dragging me down with her. So start living for you and your husband and easy child. Set boundaries for your difficult child. You will only accept calls and text when they are appropriate and that may mean blocking them for periods of time until he realizes you mean it. Go to Alanon, Naranon, Families Anonymous or see a therapist or do them all. Give up the idea that you can fix things for your son. You can't . . . only he can. I understand . . . I truly do. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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