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<blockquote data-quote="standswithcourage" data-source="post: 96605" data-attributes="member: 3948"><p>merris - I feel your pain also. It seems I have lived your life too. My son is 24 and in jail for the millionth time. When he was 18 we had to do the tough love thing over and over. Everytime he would end up at his "friends" house doing more drugs. We took him to rehab and had him involuntarily commited twice. Nothing worked. It is so hard. The only way I made it was God and the support of people that had already been there. My husband was helpful but his patience was already gone and I was still trying to "fix". I see now that nothing I do can make him do the right thing. My son wound up in jail many times. It seemed always right before we kicked him out or when he was homeless, etc. I thanked God for jail at that time. I believe it saved his life. It is so hard to see your child go there. But at least you know where they are. I understand about God to. I always feel like I think God picked the wrong person. My son was also in scouts, church choir, baseball, I stayed home with all of my children and did not work. He loves to fish, camp, hike all of that. His love for everything went down the tubes for drugs. He hung around with people that loved getting high. He has probably done every drug there is. He is in jail for contributing to the deliquency of a minor. I dont know what will happen now. I am still scared. I wrote him along letter. My suggestion to you is do what you can but dont beat yourself up. It is not you. I am a good mom too. I know I am. I will be here to listen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="standswithcourage, post: 96605, member: 3948"] merris - I feel your pain also. It seems I have lived your life too. My son is 24 and in jail for the millionth time. When he was 18 we had to do the tough love thing over and over. Everytime he would end up at his "friends" house doing more drugs. We took him to rehab and had him involuntarily commited twice. Nothing worked. It is so hard. The only way I made it was God and the support of people that had already been there. My husband was helpful but his patience was already gone and I was still trying to "fix". I see now that nothing I do can make him do the right thing. My son wound up in jail many times. It seemed always right before we kicked him out or when he was homeless, etc. I thanked God for jail at that time. I believe it saved his life. It is so hard to see your child go there. But at least you know where they are. I understand about God to. I always feel like I think God picked the wrong person. My son was also in scouts, church choir, baseball, I stayed home with all of my children and did not work. He loves to fish, camp, hike all of that. His love for everything went down the tubes for drugs. He hung around with people that loved getting high. He has probably done every drug there is. He is in jail for contributing to the deliquency of a minor. I dont know what will happen now. I am still scared. I wrote him along letter. My suggestion to you is do what you can but dont beat yourself up. It is not you. I am a good mom too. I know I am. I will be here to listen. [/QUOTE]
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