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My son is a heroin addict and I just kicked him out again
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<blockquote data-quote="Origami" data-source="post: 727407" data-attributes="member: 18099"><p>Hi Lisa,</p><p>I wanted to join in supporting you since my situation with my 30-year-old son is very similar to yours. He has been a heroin addict for years, and we've also experienced the merry-go-round of him living with us off and on. He was independent for 10 years after high school, and then the heroin changed everything. He's quit or been fired from many jobs, some of which were quite good, been kicked out of the military, and has had three or four overdoses. He's currently in a long-term rehab facility, so we're hoping that something works for him.</p><p></p><p>We had let our guard down since our son hadn't stolen from us since high school, so we thought he was over it. However, within the last few months he's wrecked his wife's car, took our car on a "joyride" with his drug dealer, overdosed, got fired from a job, and stolen $500 from one of his brothers and pawned another brother's guitar. After all this, he finally decided to go into rehab.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It only complicates matters that my son, also, is polite, friendly and cooperative. It would be so much easier to tell him he can't live with us if he was mean and rotten. But after this last go-round of insanity, my husband and I are both determined to tell him he can't come back to live with us. Although I want with all my heart to believe he will have changed after the rehab, I know it will take a while for him to regain our trust. And even then, I think he'll be better off on his own or reconciling with his wife to live with her and their kids.</p><p></p><p>So do what you think is right, and try not to second-guess yourself. I'm just coming to realize that letting our son live with us and get high wasn't helping him or us, though, and I think you're probably realizing that too in your own situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Origami, post: 727407, member: 18099"] Hi Lisa, I wanted to join in supporting you since my situation with my 30-year-old son is very similar to yours. He has been a heroin addict for years, and we've also experienced the merry-go-round of him living with us off and on. He was independent for 10 years after high school, and then the heroin changed everything. He's quit or been fired from many jobs, some of which were quite good, been kicked out of the military, and has had three or four overdoses. He's currently in a long-term rehab facility, so we're hoping that something works for him. We had let our guard down since our son hadn't stolen from us since high school, so we thought he was over it. However, within the last few months he's wrecked his wife's car, took our car on a "joyride" with his drug dealer, overdosed, got fired from a job, and stolen $500 from one of his brothers and pawned another brother's guitar. After all this, he finally decided to go into rehab. It only complicates matters that my son, also, is polite, friendly and cooperative. It would be so much easier to tell him he can't live with us if he was mean and rotten. But after this last go-round of insanity, my husband and I are both determined to tell him he can't come back to live with us. Although I want with all my heart to believe he will have changed after the rehab, I know it will take a while for him to regain our trust. And even then, I think he'll be better off on his own or reconciling with his wife to live with her and their kids. So do what you think is right, and try not to second-guess yourself. I'm just coming to realize that letting our son live with us and get high wasn't helping him or us, though, and I think you're probably realizing that too in your own situation. [/QUOTE]
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