Your posts sound so upbeat it's hard to imagine you suffered a breakdown (((huggs))). It is so amazing that children can be raise in the same family, yet some struggle so much.
Glad to hear of your easy child daughter! Glad to hear of your difficult child turned easy child son - my easy child daughter turned difficult child for a while and spending time in jail literally scared her straight! She now has easy child children and a wonderful husband. Her husband was a living on the street druggie and in his 30's turned his life around. I never would have believed any of their previous lives if I had not actually been there.
Prayers for young difficult child - I never give up - I know they can always turn their lives around - if THEY want to. But, I have learned to detach as much as possible. Doesn't mean I don't hurt - does mean I am not totally depressed all of the time.
I too turned to drinking too much when my difficult child was in and out of jail so much. I was struggling with everything by myself and it squished me lol! My difficult child was extremely close to prison, some how he missed it. The times I left him in jail, sadly, I knew where he was and he was away from drugs.
At 34yo he has a better life, but still has issues, I still pray! I hear a lot of 'people don't change after their 20's', it's not true, I have seen it!
