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Finally threw down the gauntlet....
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<blockquote data-quote="CAmom" data-source="post: 43413" data-attributes="member: 1835"><p>Mikey, you said, "I finally realized that any good things that have happened in his life happened because he wanted them to happen. There's nothing I can do to make him continue to do those good things, and there's nothing I can do to stop him from throwing them away."</p><p></p><p>I think coming to that realization was the MOST difficult thing for my husband and me. But, with it, came a bizarre kind of peace. </p><p></p><p>In fact, our son basically said those words to us many times, yet I, in particular, could simply not accept that how his dad and I felt about his choices could matter so little to him and impact those choices not at all. </p><p></p><p>Even back when we still believed it might help to try to "bribe" him by promising him a ridiculous allowance for simply attending school, a car for graduation, etc., although he very much wanted those things, he simply wanted his high more. He's admitted as much...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAmom, post: 43413, member: 1835"] Mikey, you said, "I finally realized that any good things that have happened in his life happened because he wanted them to happen. There's nothing I can do to make him continue to do those good things, and there's nothing I can do to stop him from throwing them away." I think coming to that realization was the MOST difficult thing for my husband and me. But, with it, came a bizarre kind of peace. In fact, our son basically said those words to us many times, yet I, in particular, could simply not accept that how his dad and I felt about his choices could matter so little to him and impact those choices not at all. Even back when we still believed it might help to try to "bribe" him by promising him a ridiculous allowance for simply attending school, a car for graduation, etc., although he very much wanted those things, he simply wanted his high more. He's admitted as much... [/QUOTE]
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