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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 597362" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>His parents had not much chance to force him to more intensive programs. He was an adult when they found out he had this issue. I think they did try, at least my husband assumed they had hoped that their kid would go to this same program our difficult child went through, but if husband understood correctly, their son was always just a little bit in denial how serious issue he had. Which is of course very common to all addicts and not the least to gamblers, whose addiction doesn't make them smell or behave in the way others would easily notice.</p><p></p><p>News like this always make me shortly relive my first shock when I found out how devastatingly high suicide figures are with this addiction. And how high relapse rates. But in the end of the day anything can happen to any of my loved ones in any moment. It's not much use to worry too much. Just take sensible precautions and after that leave it to higher hands. Some days doing that is easier than others.</p><p></p><p>I just feel so bad for this family. What an awful way to loose their child. And while loosing one's child is just as horrible regardless the circumstances, I do believe this kind of process may be even harder, if the child who detours and ends up lost because of that is a easy child. Not because PCs would be more loved ones, but because of loss of all those high hopes and that utter shock when that wonderful child develops a devastating addiction. And hopes of the kid recovering and thrashed hopes, when they don't or relapse. Again and again. When with difficult child, even with one with such a peculiar, varying and contradictive functioning profile than my difficult child, you never really expect smooth sailing. Because from early age you have learned there is always something. And learned to appreciate any kind of positive progress instead of waiting miraculous recovery or solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 597362, member: 14557"] His parents had not much chance to force him to more intensive programs. He was an adult when they found out he had this issue. I think they did try, at least my husband assumed they had hoped that their kid would go to this same program our difficult child went through, but if husband understood correctly, their son was always just a little bit in denial how serious issue he had. Which is of course very common to all addicts and not the least to gamblers, whose addiction doesn't make them smell or behave in the way others would easily notice. News like this always make me shortly relive my first shock when I found out how devastatingly high suicide figures are with this addiction. And how high relapse rates. But in the end of the day anything can happen to any of my loved ones in any moment. It's not much use to worry too much. Just take sensible precautions and after that leave it to higher hands. Some days doing that is easier than others. I just feel so bad for this family. What an awful way to loose their child. And while loosing one's child is just as horrible regardless the circumstances, I do believe this kind of process may be even harder, if the child who detours and ends up lost because of that is a easy child. Not because PCs would be more loved ones, but because of loss of all those high hopes and that utter shock when that wonderful child develops a devastating addiction. And hopes of the kid recovering and thrashed hopes, when they don't or relapse. Again and again. When with difficult child, even with one with such a peculiar, varying and contradictive functioning profile than my difficult child, you never really expect smooth sailing. Because from early age you have learned there is always something. And learned to appreciate any kind of positive progress instead of waiting miraculous recovery or solution. [/QUOTE]
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