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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 702156" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>Welcome to our little corner of the internet. I am so glad you found us here.</p><p></p><p>Your story is a familiar one. You asked if homelessness is a mental illness. I think on some level there is truth in that. My son also chooses to be homeless. He does not lack intelligence but does lack common sense. I will never understand why he chooses to live such a hard life. He has held jobs but not for long as he always quits claiming that the "boss" doesn't have a clue how to run a business.</p><p></p><p>I have come a long way over the years. I love my son very much but I came to understand that spending most of my time worrying and wondering about where he was, is he eating, where is he sleeping, etc..... was not healthy for me. I have a life to live just as you do. I had to make the decision to start taking my life back and living for my self. </p><p></p><p>I think it's good you have researched NAMI. I do hope that your son is really "clean" from using heroin. I have learned that our adult difficult children can be very sneaky and will claim to be clean but they are not. Heroin is a really tough drug to quit on your own. If you have not done so you might consider going to an Al-Anon meeting. </p><p></p><p>Stay close to this site, keep reading and keep posting, it helps.</p><p></p><p>((HUGS)) to you.................................</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 702156, member: 18516"] Welcome to our little corner of the internet. I am so glad you found us here. Your story is a familiar one. You asked if homelessness is a mental illness. I think on some level there is truth in that. My son also chooses to be homeless. He does not lack intelligence but does lack common sense. I will never understand why he chooses to live such a hard life. He has held jobs but not for long as he always quits claiming that the "boss" doesn't have a clue how to run a business. I have come a long way over the years. I love my son very much but I came to understand that spending most of my time worrying and wondering about where he was, is he eating, where is he sleeping, etc..... was not healthy for me. I have a life to live just as you do. I had to make the decision to start taking my life back and living for my self. I think it's good you have researched NAMI. I do hope that your son is really "clean" from using heroin. I have learned that our adult difficult children can be very sneaky and will claim to be clean but they are not. Heroin is a really tough drug to quit on your own. If you have not done so you might consider going to an Al-Anon meeting. Stay close to this site, keep reading and keep posting, it helps. ((HUGS)) to you................................. [/QUOTE]
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