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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 285866" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>SWC,</p><p></p><p>I have kept up with your story. Mine is a long story but we were once where you are now. While my difficult child never was into drugs as deeply as yours, we took a stand and kicked her out of our house. She lived on various peoples' couches and even slept in her car in our driveway several winter nights. </p><p></p><p>It was hard to know she was out in her car in the cold (even Georgia gets very cold at night in the winter). We let her hit bottom, though, because to do anything else would have been enabling her drug use.</p><p></p><p>Over the years she has been evicted from an apartment, lived in a house full of slackers, and moved back in only to be kicked out again when I found marijuana in her room. She lived on her own, then, supporting herself delivering pizza.</p><p></p><p>It was only after she got Fran's message (only she didn't know that it was Fran's message LOL) that you have to "do to get" that she started to straighten herself out. She is really proud of finishing the hair design program and is looking forward to getting a job to support herself. </p><p></p><p>I've read your posts and wished I had something to offer you but I think that you need to reach a point where you just get mad enough (I was furious with my difficult child for what she was doing to herself and us) that you say no more!</p><p></p><p>I hope you find that place. I know what helped me was a saying I learned on this board: You didn't cause it, you can't cure it, and you can't control it. That was when I was finally able to "let go and let God."</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 285866, member: 1967"] SWC, I have kept up with your story. Mine is a long story but we were once where you are now. While my difficult child never was into drugs as deeply as yours, we took a stand and kicked her out of our house. She lived on various peoples' couches and even slept in her car in our driveway several winter nights. It was hard to know she was out in her car in the cold (even Georgia gets very cold at night in the winter). We let her hit bottom, though, because to do anything else would have been enabling her drug use. Over the years she has been evicted from an apartment, lived in a house full of slackers, and moved back in only to be kicked out again when I found marijuana in her room. She lived on her own, then, supporting herself delivering pizza. It was only after she got Fran's message (only she didn't know that it was Fran's message LOL) that you have to "do to get" that she started to straighten herself out. She is really proud of finishing the hair design program and is looking forward to getting a job to support herself. I've read your posts and wished I had something to offer you but I think that you need to reach a point where you just get mad enough (I was furious with my difficult child for what she was doing to herself and us) that you say no more! I hope you find that place. I know what helped me was a saying I learned on this board: You didn't cause it, you can't cure it, and you can't control it. That was when I was finally able to "let go and let God." ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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