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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 620461" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Shawn, welcome. You've posted onto an old thread. It would help you to start your own thread, you will get more responses.</p><p></p><p>It may be of some help to read the article on detachment at the bottom of my post. I think when you ask if there are treatment options, you are referring to the help your child requires if he is not a substance abuser, but has failed to launch and thrive as a result of his behavioral issues? Like many of our kids here he may have a conduct disorder. In which case, if he is an adult, over 18, he has to make the choice to go for help, to seek counseling, to try medication, in essence to help himself. Once they are adults, our power over them is severely limited and we need to back away and detach. </p><p></p><p>It may help you to post your story here so we can understand and offer you support. It may help to read books like Boundaries by Townsend and Cloud and Codependent No More by Melodie Beattie and anything by Pema Chodrin who helps to teach us about living in uncertainty.</p><p></p><p>If you son has a mental disorder, you might contact NAMI, the National Alliance on mental illness, they have excellent courses for parents. You might try therapy for you which helps us to learn how to detach and accept what is. </p><p></p><p>This is a very difficult terrain we parents live on............I hope you are taking care of yourself, getting support and being kind to yourself. Keep posting, it helps. Wishing you peace of mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 620461, member: 13542"] Shawn, welcome. You've posted onto an old thread. It would help you to start your own thread, you will get more responses. It may be of some help to read the article on detachment at the bottom of my post. I think when you ask if there are treatment options, you are referring to the help your child requires if he is not a substance abuser, but has failed to launch and thrive as a result of his behavioral issues? Like many of our kids here he may have a conduct disorder. In which case, if he is an adult, over 18, he has to make the choice to go for help, to seek counseling, to try medication, in essence to help himself. Once they are adults, our power over them is severely limited and we need to back away and detach. It may help you to post your story here so we can understand and offer you support. It may help to read books like Boundaries by Townsend and Cloud and Codependent No More by Melodie Beattie and anything by Pema Chodrin who helps to teach us about living in uncertainty. If you son has a mental disorder, you might contact NAMI, the National Alliance on mental illness, they have excellent courses for parents. You might try therapy for you which helps us to learn how to detach and accept what is. This is a very difficult terrain we parents live on............I hope you are taking care of yourself, getting support and being kind to yourself. Keep posting, it helps. Wishing you peace of mind. [/QUOTE]
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