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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 676250" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>Hello Joy</p><p></p><p>I read your post with sadness, thinking about the many times I was in the same place as you are now. I never managed to sleep well, but I did stop the cycle of jumping whenever he was in a crisis. I stopped trying to fix it. I stopped listening to it all. Like you say, it's his choice. Like your son, mine also chose to follow a life that meant warm duvets, walls and a roof were outside his grasp. His choice. Not a life driven by drugs for him though, more a life driven by anger.</p><p></p><p>Things are a bit better with my son now Joy. We met at Christmastime and smiled and hugged. He has found his ex-girlfriend again, or she found him, fate maybe found them both. She is a good influence on him. They are still technically homeless and he still has no job and he still lives way outside of any normal conventionality and he still struggles to accept that he can't change everything that's wrong with the world. It overwhelms him. But he's doing okay. He's my son. I love him. I'm proud of him. He's intelligent and troubled. She loves him too. I love her for that.</p><p></p><p>None of this, the smiles and hugs, happened as a result of me jumping in to try and fix him.</p><p></p><p>It happened because I stopped.</p><p></p><p>Hang in there Joy. </p><p>The world turns.</p><p></p><p>Hugs to you. x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 676250, member: 17650"] Hello Joy I read your post with sadness, thinking about the many times I was in the same place as you are now. I never managed to sleep well, but I did stop the cycle of jumping whenever he was in a crisis. I stopped trying to fix it. I stopped listening to it all. Like you say, it's his choice. Like your son, mine also chose to follow a life that meant warm duvets, walls and a roof were outside his grasp. His choice. Not a life driven by drugs for him though, more a life driven by anger. Things are a bit better with my son now Joy. We met at Christmastime and smiled and hugged. He has found his ex-girlfriend again, or she found him, fate maybe found them both. She is a good influence on him. They are still technically homeless and he still has no job and he still lives way outside of any normal conventionality and he still struggles to accept that he can't change everything that's wrong with the world. It overwhelms him. But he's doing okay. He's my son. I love him. I'm proud of him. He's intelligent and troubled. She loves him too. I love her for that. None of this, the smiles and hugs, happened as a result of me jumping in to try and fix him. It happened because I stopped. Hang in there Joy. The world turns. Hugs to you. x [/QUOTE]
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