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36 hours after release from jail, difficult child is high and drunk...
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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 618758" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>It is so hard, and I do understand the vulnerability we have to our children! It's so hard to watch them make bad decision, after bad decision, and not be able to do one thing about it. </p><p></p><p>Keep feeling you are feeling, that is healthy. Keep writing--writing is a great way to dump out the pot when it gets full. </p><p></p><p>I hate getting those calls from jail. The jail phone system here somehow goes through a third party out of Shreveport, LA, so when Shreveport pops up on my phone, I get a bad feeling in my stomach. And I don't answer anymore. If he has something to say, he can write me a letter. And guess what? No letters. That works for me.</p><p></p><p>Yep you are right, five phone calls is about four too many. Those other four are "I want" phone calls. He is in this place because HE got himself here through his own decision-making and HE will have to figure out his next steps.</p><p></p><p>All of the past is coulda, woulda, shoulda and irrelevant right now.</p><p></p><p>What is he going to do next? His call, his life.</p><p></p><p>YOU have a right to your life, your peace, your happiness. Why not focus on yourself for the rest of the evening, take a bubble bath, sit and watch some mindless TV, read a book, have some hot chocolate. Do some nice, kind things for yourself---you deserve it.</p><p></p><p>He's warm, sheltered, with food and a place to sleep. That's enough for now. </p><p></p><p>Hang in there, prayers going up and out for you. We are all in this together. Same stories, same feelings, same hard work we are all trying to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 618758, member: 17542"] It is so hard, and I do understand the vulnerability we have to our children! It's so hard to watch them make bad decision, after bad decision, and not be able to do one thing about it. Keep feeling you are feeling, that is healthy. Keep writing--writing is a great way to dump out the pot when it gets full. I hate getting those calls from jail. The jail phone system here somehow goes through a third party out of Shreveport, LA, so when Shreveport pops up on my phone, I get a bad feeling in my stomach. And I don't answer anymore. If he has something to say, he can write me a letter. And guess what? No letters. That works for me. Yep you are right, five phone calls is about four too many. Those other four are "I want" phone calls. He is in this place because HE got himself here through his own decision-making and HE will have to figure out his next steps. All of the past is coulda, woulda, shoulda and irrelevant right now. What is he going to do next? His call, his life. YOU have a right to your life, your peace, your happiness. Why not focus on yourself for the rest of the evening, take a bubble bath, sit and watch some mindless TV, read a book, have some hot chocolate. Do some nice, kind things for yourself---you deserve it. He's warm, sheltered, with food and a place to sleep. That's enough for now. Hang in there, prayers going up and out for you. We are all in this together. Same stories, same feelings, same hard work we are all trying to do. [/QUOTE]
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