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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 742724" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>Elsie</p><p></p><p>I think it was very kind that you bought him the warm coat and gloves etc.</p><p></p><p>I went to see the movie "A Beautiful Boy" yesterday which was very good. I read the book several years ago but had forgotten most of it. The part that stuck out the most for me was when David, the father (played by Steve Carrel) said " I don't think we can ever save another person".</p><p></p><p>This was said after he had been trying to help his son many times and taken him in even though in the end it had hurt his two younger children and wife. They all loved the <em>beautiful boy</em> desperately.</p><p></p><p>I thought he would make it after being clean over a year and even speaking to other addicts about his addiction.</p><p></p><p>It was sad to realize that in truth he did not get sober and stay sober until he was in his 30's. I knew I wanted to see this move before my own beautiful boy comes home this weekend. Not sure it was a good idea or not. </p><p></p><p> At the end of the movie in the closing credits it stated that he has been sober for 8 years now. I know that he wrote his own book also. A friend of mine said she could not get through it because it was too dark. Imagine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 742724, member: 15032"] Elsie I think it was very kind that you bought him the warm coat and gloves etc. I went to see the movie "A Beautiful Boy" yesterday which was very good. I read the book several years ago but had forgotten most of it. The part that stuck out the most for me was when David, the father (played by Steve Carrel) said " I don't think we can ever save another person". This was said after he had been trying to help his son many times and taken him in even though in the end it had hurt his two younger children and wife. They all loved the [I]beautiful boy[/I] desperately. I thought he would make it after being clean over a year and even speaking to other addicts about his addiction. It was sad to realize that in truth he did not get sober and stay sober until he was in his 30's. I knew I wanted to see this move before my own beautiful boy comes home this weekend. Not sure it was a good idea or not. At the end of the movie in the closing credits it stated that he has been sober for 8 years now. I know that he wrote his own book also. A friend of mine said she could not get through it because it was too dark. Imagine. [/QUOTE]
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