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<blockquote data-quote="Nature" data-source="post: 687243" data-attributes="member: 19011"><p>Thank you Albatross for taking the time to comfort me. </p><p></p><p>Yesterday, my sister told me he managed to contact her and at one point mentioned that jail was probably the best place for him. It left me wondering if the son I once knew has a bit of his ole self hidden somewhere behind the layers of his criminality, drug addiction and mental illness? His father reported that when told by the lawyer that he was being charged with more serious offences and facing serious jail time he broke down and cried. The mother in me wished I had been there to comfort him while my battered soul went back to how scary he can be when his sense of reality is distorted by those who he perceives have done him wrong - me included, and he needs to be kept away for the safety of others. Still, I wish there were places that could hold mental/drug addicted people other than jails. I'm not so sure he will get the help he needs there and I do know that drugs can be still obtained in jails. The other part of me is hoping that meth is not going to be available to him but who knows? Okay better stop because I think I'm "awfullizing" sp? or whatever you folks call it when the mind tends to think of worse case scenerios. Blah spelling is so awful today thanks to little sleep these past several days. My mind still reels that my once well dressed son who was always concerned about his appearance. He used to make me smile when as a little boy he would race to the bathroom to comb his hair before answering the door was arrested wearing hospital booties and in an unkept condition. What happened to him? My mind still goes there before I have to reel my thoughts back in and focus on more positive things and repeat my mantra about staying strong. Again, thank you for listening to my wounded soul.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nature, post: 687243, member: 19011"] Thank you Albatross for taking the time to comfort me. Yesterday, my sister told me he managed to contact her and at one point mentioned that jail was probably the best place for him. It left me wondering if the son I once knew has a bit of his ole self hidden somewhere behind the layers of his criminality, drug addiction and mental illness? His father reported that when told by the lawyer that he was being charged with more serious offences and facing serious jail time he broke down and cried. The mother in me wished I had been there to comfort him while my battered soul went back to how scary he can be when his sense of reality is distorted by those who he perceives have done him wrong - me included, and he needs to be kept away for the safety of others. Still, I wish there were places that could hold mental/drug addicted people other than jails. I'm not so sure he will get the help he needs there and I do know that drugs can be still obtained in jails. The other part of me is hoping that meth is not going to be available to him but who knows? Okay better stop because I think I'm "awfullizing" sp? or whatever you folks call it when the mind tends to think of worse case scenerios. Blah spelling is so awful today thanks to little sleep these past several days. My mind still reels that my once well dressed son who was always concerned about his appearance. He used to make me smile when as a little boy he would race to the bathroom to comb his hair before answering the door was arrested wearing hospital booties and in an unkept condition. What happened to him? My mind still goes there before I have to reel my thoughts back in and focus on more positive things and repeat my mantra about staying strong. Again, thank you for listening to my wounded soul. [/QUOTE]
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