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<blockquote data-quote="blackgnat" data-source="post: 670686" data-attributes="member: 13561"><p>Thanks for all the welcome backs and support.</p><p></p><p>He just called, asking if he could come back to Illinois for a few months, because it would be good for him to have me near as a "resource". I said no, there was nothing here for him-I have a room-mate, he's not in the health or social services system and it could take weeks, was he really thinking it was a good idea to come 1,000 miles to just be living on the streets? I told him it wasn't like the old days and that I wasn't going to spend my time fixing the mistakes that he had made. He also said that they have more rehabs, etc here and I had to reply that he hadn't shown me any evidence that any of those places had worked or that the outcome would be different if he were here.</p><p></p><p>He then said "Well, mom , I think this is the last winter for me, because I don't think I can survive this one". So, why does he think he could survive a Chicago winter, where we sometimes have -25 degree temperatures? I told him that he shouldn't be thinking like that and that it was his OBLIGATION to survive another winter and use all the resources at his disposal...</p><p></p><p>I feel like I just condemned him to death. Yet again, strangely calm. Can anyone give me just a little more reassurance that what I'm saying to him makes sense? And that I haven't lost my soul?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blackgnat, post: 670686, member: 13561"] Thanks for all the welcome backs and support. He just called, asking if he could come back to Illinois for a few months, because it would be good for him to have me near as a "resource". I said no, there was nothing here for him-I have a room-mate, he's not in the health or social services system and it could take weeks, was he really thinking it was a good idea to come 1,000 miles to just be living on the streets? I told him it wasn't like the old days and that I wasn't going to spend my time fixing the mistakes that he had made. He also said that they have more rehabs, etc here and I had to reply that he hadn't shown me any evidence that any of those places had worked or that the outcome would be different if he were here. He then said "Well, mom , I think this is the last winter for me, because I don't think I can survive this one". So, why does he think he could survive a Chicago winter, where we sometimes have -25 degree temperatures? I told him that he shouldn't be thinking like that and that it was his OBLIGATION to survive another winter and use all the resources at his disposal... I feel like I just condemned him to death. Yet again, strangely calm. Can anyone give me just a little more reassurance that what I'm saying to him makes sense? And that I haven't lost my soul? [/QUOTE]
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