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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 498522" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Welcome, and as other have said, sorry you have to join us. My difficult child is 17 so I am not as far down the road, but I am on the road. We have done all the treatment things-inpatient, outpatient, Residential Treatment Center (RTC), individual/family counseling, school changes until we let her get a GED etc. Wated potential-I get it. A gifted child who has let her struggles rule her despite being given the love and skills to weather the situation. Marijuana has been the constant struggle. I have worried about a sexual addiction because she use to run off for days at a time to older people esp. a 24 year old male.</p><p></p><p>I have done as much as I can (with a minor) to not enable, and yet, like you I jump at the opportunities to spend pleasant moments with her. I want to be a mom. I love "Fake it till you make it." Also drilled into us and difficult child at Residential Treatment Center (RTC). This is how we take care of ourselves. I go to a weekly choir rehearsal, and spend as much time as I can with my son because we need each other and those relationships are the ones that will keep us sane. I go to a NAMI meeting as well because my daughter is also mentally ill. I have tried to go to a Families Anonymous meeting, it wasn't there. I tried AA and it didn't help me-but it helps many others-finding the right one is key.</p><p></p><p>Keep us posted and know that you are not alone-hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 498522, member: 11001"] Welcome, and as other have said, sorry you have to join us. My difficult child is 17 so I am not as far down the road, but I am on the road. We have done all the treatment things-inpatient, outpatient, Residential Treatment Center (RTC), individual/family counseling, school changes until we let her get a GED etc. Wated potential-I get it. A gifted child who has let her struggles rule her despite being given the love and skills to weather the situation. Marijuana has been the constant struggle. I have worried about a sexual addiction because she use to run off for days at a time to older people esp. a 24 year old male. I have done as much as I can (with a minor) to not enable, and yet, like you I jump at the opportunities to spend pleasant moments with her. I want to be a mom. I love "Fake it till you make it." Also drilled into us and difficult child at Residential Treatment Center (RTC). This is how we take care of ourselves. I go to a weekly choir rehearsal, and spend as much time as I can with my son because we need each other and those relationships are the ones that will keep us sane. I go to a NAMI meeting as well because my daughter is also mentally ill. I have tried to go to a Families Anonymous meeting, it wasn't there. I tried AA and it didn't help me-but it helps many others-finding the right one is key. Keep us posted and know that you are not alone-hugs. [/QUOTE]
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