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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 511393" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Yes, one person can certainly take up all the time in a group. That's unfortunate for the rest of you. I agree with what everyone else has stated, it really does depend on the group you are in. As in anything else, some are terrific, some not so good. It may require some research on your part, if that is what you decide is best for you. Just like there are so many different versions of our difficult child's, there are as many solutions to the issues we all face, and each one of us will find the best way for us. It's so good to hear differing opinions, then you're armed with many options to explore. </p><p></p><p>Yes, all the money in the world doesn't stop the downward spiral of our difficult child's until <strong>they</strong> stop it. What a lesson for me that has been. Right now mine is lost in space, and I am gearing myself up for a possible dramatic exit by March 1st, <u><em>or not</em></u>, the usual unpredictability. I am using all my support to really take in the fact that she may be homeless and jobless and possibly in jail, and putting my energy into being detached from that as well as make every attempt to then allow myself to have a happy life even though her's isn't. Yikes. There is nothing else I can do. I deserve to be happy, and so does my granddaughter and my SO. I am more deeply committed to that then I have ever been before. Sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 511393, member: 13542"] Yes, one person can certainly take up all the time in a group. That's unfortunate for the rest of you. I agree with what everyone else has stated, it really does depend on the group you are in. As in anything else, some are terrific, some not so good. It may require some research on your part, if that is what you decide is best for you. Just like there are so many different versions of our difficult child's, there are as many solutions to the issues we all face, and each one of us will find the best way for us. It's so good to hear differing opinions, then you're armed with many options to explore. Yes, all the money in the world doesn't stop the downward spiral of our difficult child's until [B]they[/B] stop it. What a lesson for me that has been. Right now mine is lost in space, and I am gearing myself up for a possible dramatic exit by March 1st, [U][I]or not[/I][/U], the usual unpredictability. I am using all my support to really take in the fact that she may be homeless and jobless and possibly in jail, and putting my energy into being detached from that as well as make every attempt to then allow myself to have a happy life even though her's isn't. Yikes. There is nothing else I can do. I deserve to be happy, and so does my granddaughter and my SO. I am more deeply committed to that then I have ever been before. Sigh. [/QUOTE]
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