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36 hours after release from jail, difficult child is high and drunk...
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<blockquote data-quote="blackgnat" data-source="post: 618565" data-attributes="member: 13561"><p>An update-difficult child continued to drink and drug . Went to see girlfriend's mom (who visited him in jail-does that strike anyone else as odd?) and after meeting with a parole/probation person (not really sure what that was-I think he had to check in after being bailed out or something) on Monday, he decided to go back to jail. I think he found out something that makes him feel he has an even better case against the girlfriend, so he's going for that option...the cogs are always turning..</p><p></p><p>So he's there now-my ex considers this the safest place for him to be (who'd a thunk it?) and I have to agree. I don't think he really belongs in the outside world. He IS a conniver, so he probably weighed his options and went for 3 hots and a cot, tv, warmth, sobriety-why, there's even a chance to work out regularly. He did tell me he had bulked up considerably while in jail and all I could think of was "Hmm, DEFINITELY not gonna be in a room alone with HIM again!" Isn't that a dreadful way to think of your kid? Yes, but it's also called self-preservation, something I should have practiced years ago.</p><p></p><p>Again, the dysfunctional evil twin in me is telling me, "How sad that he chooses jail, because he REALLY doesn't have options. No money, nowhere to live, no family members that are willing to live with him for any length of time, no prospects, etc." But then reality kicks in-if he hadn't burned all those bridges and continually showed that he couldn't be trusted and hadn't changed, then he wouldn't be in that position.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blackgnat, post: 618565, member: 13561"] An update-difficult child continued to drink and drug . Went to see girlfriend's mom (who visited him in jail-does that strike anyone else as odd?) and after meeting with a parole/probation person (not really sure what that was-I think he had to check in after being bailed out or something) on Monday, he decided to go back to jail. I think he found out something that makes him feel he has an even better case against the girlfriend, so he's going for that option...the cogs are always turning.. So he's there now-my ex considers this the safest place for him to be (who'd a thunk it?) and I have to agree. I don't think he really belongs in the outside world. He IS a conniver, so he probably weighed his options and went for 3 hots and a cot, tv, warmth, sobriety-why, there's even a chance to work out regularly. He did tell me he had bulked up considerably while in jail and all I could think of was "Hmm, DEFINITELY not gonna be in a room alone with HIM again!" Isn't that a dreadful way to think of your kid? Yes, but it's also called self-preservation, something I should have practiced years ago. Again, the dysfunctional evil twin in me is telling me, "How sad that he chooses jail, because he REALLY doesn't have options. No money, nowhere to live, no family members that are willing to live with him for any length of time, no prospects, etc." But then reality kicks in-if he hadn't burned all those bridges and continually showed that he couldn't be trusted and hadn't changed, then he wouldn't be in that position. Thanks for reading. [/QUOTE]
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