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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 619871" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>Aw thanks!!! Even keeping them alive is a hard one for me.... I remember when my son was on the streets of Denver last winter my biggest fear was that he would die.... I would go to sleep at night wondering if he was alive or dead in the streets.... and yet ultimately I knew that even keeping him alive was out of my control. That is what is so darned hard about loving and being the parent to a drug addict. Ultimately it is out of our control. All I could do was to love him, let him know I love him, and help him if he was asking for something reasonable..... anything else was enabling him. And yes I did do things like get him that camping equipment and sleeping bag.... if a sleeping bag would keep him warm in the winter then so be it. Who knows what happened to that stuff... it may have been sold for drugs.</p><p></p><p>But I also truly believe if he had stayed at home in our house he might also be dead by now!! He was getting heavier and heavier into drugs and if I had made life comfortable I think he would have gotten seriously into heroin (and maybe he did I dont really know). He was not going to stop using without being in a position where he felt he had no choice. </p><p></p><p>Luckily I think jail did that for him... at least for now. He is making progress and he is still in the program he is in and I believe at this point he is at least clean of drugs. And although he is not real open with me in the talking part our relatonship is warm and he gives me a good solid hug when I see him. I am so thankful he is where he is at the moment.</p><p></p><p>TL</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPad using ConductDisorders</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 619871, member: 15801"] Aw thanks!!! Even keeping them alive is a hard one for me.... I remember when my son was on the streets of Denver last winter my biggest fear was that he would die.... I would go to sleep at night wondering if he was alive or dead in the streets.... and yet ultimately I knew that even keeping him alive was out of my control. That is what is so darned hard about loving and being the parent to a drug addict. Ultimately it is out of our control. All I could do was to love him, let him know I love him, and help him if he was asking for something reasonable..... anything else was enabling him. And yes I did do things like get him that camping equipment and sleeping bag.... if a sleeping bag would keep him warm in the winter then so be it. Who knows what happened to that stuff... it may have been sold for drugs. But I also truly believe if he had stayed at home in our house he might also be dead by now!! He was getting heavier and heavier into drugs and if I had made life comfortable I think he would have gotten seriously into heroin (and maybe he did I dont really know). He was not going to stop using without being in a position where he felt he had no choice. Luckily I think jail did that for him... at least for now. He is making progress and he is still in the program he is in and I believe at this point he is at least clean of drugs. And although he is not real open with me in the talking part our relatonship is warm and he gives me a good solid hug when I see him. I am so thankful he is where he is at the moment. TL Sent from my iPad using ConductDisorders [/QUOTE]
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