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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 650916" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>comaheart, it is good to hear from you. I am sorry that things have gone downhill. On the upside, though, being at the city mission center might open up some things for your son.</p><p></p><p>When we finally stopped helping our daughter financially, it was amazing how she still managed to survive. She found halfway houses that would take her in with the promise she would get a job. I understand that is a problem for your son but can he work at something like a call center where he would sit all day? My daughter has gotten (and lost) several of those kinds of jobs.</p><p></p><p>My daughter also always expected us to buy her contacts and glasses which she would promptly lose. After buying two pairs of glasses for her last year I finally said no more. I was amazed to hear recently that she had new glasses. I asked husband how she was able to afford them and he said that she told him that her case manager had arranged for her to get new glasses. Of course, she has lost them since then but that is her problem.</p><p></p><p>I look back at all of those years I thought we had to take care of her but it seems like there are resources for the homeless and indigent.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, your son is still not seeking help for his addiction. I learned the hard way that nothing anyone else does will have any effect until the person wants sobriety.</p><p></p><p>Please know that you are often in my thoughts and hoping that your son will finally want help and that you find the peace that you deserve.</p><p></p><p>{{{Hugs}}}</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 650916, member: 1967"] comaheart, it is good to hear from you. I am sorry that things have gone downhill. On the upside, though, being at the city mission center might open up some things for your son. When we finally stopped helping our daughter financially, it was amazing how she still managed to survive. She found halfway houses that would take her in with the promise she would get a job. I understand that is a problem for your son but can he work at something like a call center where he would sit all day? My daughter has gotten (and lost) several of those kinds of jobs. My daughter also always expected us to buy her contacts and glasses which she would promptly lose. After buying two pairs of glasses for her last year I finally said no more. I was amazed to hear recently that she had new glasses. I asked husband how she was able to afford them and he said that she told him that her case manager had arranged for her to get new glasses. Of course, she has lost them since then but that is her problem. I look back at all of those years I thought we had to take care of her but it seems like there are resources for the homeless and indigent. In the meantime, your son is still not seeking help for his addiction. I learned the hard way that nothing anyone else does will have any effect until the person wants sobriety. Please know that you are often in my thoughts and hoping that your son will finally want help and that you find the peace that you deserve. {{{Hugs}}} ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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