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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 589437"><p>OH PG my sweet dear friend PG - we were posting at the same time, so I didn't see your reply.</p><p></p><p>Your daughter missed one more of many opportunities to get help. Willingly, unwillingly, time and time again. But you know, I know and most importantly SHE knows that the opportunity to get help is one phone call away. YOU HAVE MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR TO HER. The opportunity still lives. But SHE has to make that phonecall and that means she has to want help. I know we all think that when our kids refuse help that if we could find a tiny crack in their demeanor somewhere to force them into getting help that they would get a foothold on wellness and that sobriety could catch hold. But the reality is that she has to want it, she has to reach for it and she has to do the work. I know you feel like you let her and yourself down but not being able to exploit her jail time into the catalyst for rehab - but you didn't fail and you did EVERYTHING you could. You cannot direct her. Goodness knows if we had any ability to direct our kids, they'd be perfect high achievers. We don't. We are not that powerful. It's not in our ability. And it hoovers.</p><p></p><p>I know that if any one of us wrote the words above, you'd be one of the first writing a reply to set us straight and to nurture our hurting mommy heart. Nurture your own mommy heart they way you have nurtured my own and our board sisters' hurting hearts so many times. I am so sorry you are hurting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 589437"] OH PG my sweet dear friend PG - we were posting at the same time, so I didn't see your reply. Your daughter missed one more of many opportunities to get help. Willingly, unwillingly, time and time again. But you know, I know and most importantly SHE knows that the opportunity to get help is one phone call away. YOU HAVE MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR TO HER. The opportunity still lives. But SHE has to make that phonecall and that means she has to want help. I know we all think that when our kids refuse help that if we could find a tiny crack in their demeanor somewhere to force them into getting help that they would get a foothold on wellness and that sobriety could catch hold. But the reality is that she has to want it, she has to reach for it and she has to do the work. I know you feel like you let her and yourself down but not being able to exploit her jail time into the catalyst for rehab - but you didn't fail and you did EVERYTHING you could. You cannot direct her. Goodness knows if we had any ability to direct our kids, they'd be perfect high achievers. We don't. We are not that powerful. It's not in our ability. And it hoovers. I know that if any one of us wrote the words above, you'd be one of the first writing a reply to set us straight and to nurture our hurting mommy heart. Nurture your own mommy heart they way you have nurtured my own and our board sisters' hurting hearts so many times. I am so sorry you are hurting. [/QUOTE]
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