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advice needed from forum, I posted several months back. My 33 yr old son is in a short term rehab,
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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 627120" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>Shiela, we are living our lives at the heart of one of the most devastating things that can happen to a family. There was a thread here once about whether it would be worse to lose a child than to watch them self destruct year after year after year.</p><p></p><p>The conclusion was that if your child is still living, there is hope.</p><p></p><p>And I think that is true.</p><p></p><p>But we need to learn Shiela, how to survive the Hell of this thing that has happened, to us, and to our kids.</p><p></p><p>It is a learned skill.</p><p></p><p>It will take you and your husband time to understand and to begin responding differently to your child.</p><p></p><p>It will never feel good, Shiela.</p><p></p><p>But it helps me so much to remember that it is the situation that is bad. Not us. Not our troubled kids.</p><p></p><p>I know it feels really bad, Shiela. But you have taken the first step. Your child will test you, now. Prepare yourselves. Post here. As MWM always tells us, we are on call 24/7. Someone will post back. No judgment here, Shiela.</p><p></p><p>We have been where you are.</p><p></p><p>We suffer, too.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 627120, member: 17461"] Shiela, we are living our lives at the heart of one of the most devastating things that can happen to a family. There was a thread here once about whether it would be worse to lose a child than to watch them self destruct year after year after year. The conclusion was that if your child is still living, there is hope. And I think that is true. But we need to learn Shiela, how to survive the Hell of this thing that has happened, to us, and to our kids. It is a learned skill. It will take you and your husband time to understand and to begin responding differently to your child. It will never feel good, Shiela. But it helps me so much to remember that it is the situation that is bad. Not us. Not our troubled kids. I know it feels really bad, Shiela. But you have taken the first step. Your child will test you, now. Prepare yourselves. Post here. As MWM always tells us, we are on call 24/7. Someone will post back. No judgment here, Shiela. We have been where you are. We suffer, too. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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advice needed from forum, I posted several months back. My 33 yr old son is in a short term rehab,
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