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<blockquote data-quote="lovemysons" data-source="post: 619801" data-attributes="member: 3305"><p>TL,</p><p>You have done EVERYTHING in your power to keep your son safe! We all know that. </p><p> </p><p>You know, last night I was watching 60 minutes and they did a report on the homeless and how much they are costing tax payers in ER visits etc. They concluded that it was less expensive to taxpayers to house them, take them to Dr appointments, etc than to leave them on the streets "hospital hopping/ER hopping" (my words). One thing I thought was very interesting was that they said 60 PERCENT of homeless are drug addicts or alcholics...only 30 percent have mental illness. The drug addicts they said "have burned all their bridges". </p><p>They were saying, "THIS. IS. THEIR. CHOICE". </p><p>Many of them CHOOSE TO USE rather than accept any confy provisions which require sobriety. </p><p> </p><p>You have done all you could along the way. You had the necessary strength to allow your son to face natural consequences. You could have "rescued" him and he could have died/Od'd in the comforts of your home. That's not what happend...and look where he is today! You made the tough decisions TL. </p><p>You made the RIGHT DECISIONS. </p><p> </p><p>These days we hear of so many celebrities who have-it-ALL. All the love and adoration, ton's of money, resources available to them 24/7 and yet they OD. No amount of "goods" are enough to lift a difficult child out of addiciton. </p><p> </p><p>And we don't have the luxery that easy child only parents do to "keep them safe." No, we have a mich bigger task. We have to think of ways that keep them ALIVE! And sometimes that means NO HOME. We have to encourage them in ways that almost seem heartless...but in our world, necessary. </p><p> </p><p>You are a strong and very loving mom TL. Don't ever let anybody make you second guess that! </p><p> </p><p>You have taught me SO MUCH. I admire you.</p><p>hugs,</p><p>LMS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovemysons, post: 619801, member: 3305"] TL, You have done EVERYTHING in your power to keep your son safe! We all know that. You know, last night I was watching 60 minutes and they did a report on the homeless and how much they are costing tax payers in ER visits etc. They concluded that it was less expensive to taxpayers to house them, take them to Dr appointments, etc than to leave them on the streets "hospital hopping/ER hopping" (my words). One thing I thought was very interesting was that they said 60 PERCENT of homeless are drug addicts or alcholics...only 30 percent have mental illness. The drug addicts they said "have burned all their bridges". They were saying, "THIS. IS. THEIR. CHOICE". Many of them CHOOSE TO USE rather than accept any confy provisions which require sobriety. You have done all you could along the way. You had the necessary strength to allow your son to face natural consequences. You could have "rescued" him and he could have died/Od'd in the comforts of your home. That's not what happend...and look where he is today! You made the tough decisions TL. You made the RIGHT DECISIONS. These days we hear of so many celebrities who have-it-ALL. All the love and adoration, ton's of money, resources available to them 24/7 and yet they OD. No amount of "goods" are enough to lift a difficult child out of addiciton. And we don't have the luxery that easy child only parents do to "keep them safe." No, we have a mich bigger task. We have to think of ways that keep them ALIVE! And sometimes that means NO HOME. We have to encourage them in ways that almost seem heartless...but in our world, necessary. You are a strong and very loving mom TL. Don't ever let anybody make you second guess that! You have taught me SO MUCH. I admire you. hugs, LMS [/QUOTE]
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