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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 625529" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>We spent the afternoon with difficult child yesterday. The change in him from last week was quite noticeable. He looked very worn out, with black circles under his eyes. His jeans had mud smears all over them, his hands were filthy as if he had not washed them after working for the tree service all day and he smelled bad. </p><p></p><p>Our routine is to take him out to lunch. He couldn't decide what he wanted to order, then looked at it as if it was roadkill when it arrived. He claimed it was because his landlord made them all Easter dinner and he didn't want to be rude and not eat it, but he looked a little green around the gills all day. </p><p></p><p>I asked him how it was, getting his 60th day chip, and he seemed irritated and said, "What's to tell? I went to the front of the room and they handed it to me." His hands were shaking too, and he seemed at times like he was just managing to hold back hostile responses to benign conversation. </p><p></p><p>I've seen the tells enough times before to suspect he has been drinking again but didn't feel comfortable saying anything without knowing for sure. I so hope I'm wrong. I know this isn't easy for him and I know it's his battle to fight. Another step in the letting go process, I guess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 625529, member: 17720"] We spent the afternoon with difficult child yesterday. The change in him from last week was quite noticeable. He looked very worn out, with black circles under his eyes. His jeans had mud smears all over them, his hands were filthy as if he had not washed them after working for the tree service all day and he smelled bad. Our routine is to take him out to lunch. He couldn't decide what he wanted to order, then looked at it as if it was roadkill when it arrived. He claimed it was because his landlord made them all Easter dinner and he didn't want to be rude and not eat it, but he looked a little green around the gills all day. I asked him how it was, getting his 60th day chip, and he seemed irritated and said, "What's to tell? I went to the front of the room and they handed it to me." His hands were shaking too, and he seemed at times like he was just managing to hold back hostile responses to benign conversation. I've seen the tells enough times before to suspect he has been drinking again but didn't feel comfortable saying anything without knowing for sure. I so hope I'm wrong. I know this isn't easy for him and I know it's his battle to fight. Another step in the letting go process, I guess. [/QUOTE]
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