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<blockquote data-quote="LauraH" data-source="post: 743150" data-attributes="member: 22877"><p>He's not living with us (although as I said he crashes on our couch most afternoons) but he did get us a pizza. I know he smokes weed but I'm not stressing that if he is staying off the other drugs. Weed actually helps him with his agitation and panic attacks, and according to a very old and very dear friend who is bipolar, smoking enabled him to get off his medications entirely. Mostly from what I saw he bought some new clothes (which he probably needed) and a new hoodie (which he didn't really need), some cologne, and yes some weed as well. No idea if he indulged in other substances, but I do know he's been going out with friends so I'm sure he's buying drinks for himself, possibly for the friends too.</p><p></p><p>There's a racist offensive term for when people get a hefty amount of money and blow right through it. That's what my son appears to have been doing. Makes me know all the more that I did the right thing having my niece in charge of anything he might inherit from me. Possibly he won't inherit anything, as my husband is my sole beneficiary unless I outlive him. And my niece will make sure that if he does inherit anything he won't be given large amounts at any one time and it will be at her discretion to disburse what she feels he legitimately needs and when. He won't like it but he has only himself, his immaturity, his illness, and his addiction to blame.</p><p></p><p>But yeah, Thanksgiving is just a couple days away so I'm going to try to hold it together for the sake of a peaceful pleasant gathering in my home. I just hope I don't then decide to postpone taking action after Christmas. Truthfully, this year I don't really care. I was very excited that he would be home for the holidays this year but now I'm a little apathetic. We'll probably go to my brother in law's as we do every Christmas, and either my son and I will still be on reasonably good terms and he'll go with us, or he will have "estranged" himself from me again and he won't. But the sleeping all day going out all night routine needs to end, or I will tell him he's not welcome here any longer and let the chips fall where they may. (But after Thanksgiving!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraH, post: 743150, member: 22877"] He's not living with us (although as I said he crashes on our couch most afternoons) but he did get us a pizza. I know he smokes weed but I'm not stressing that if he is staying off the other drugs. Weed actually helps him with his agitation and panic attacks, and according to a very old and very dear friend who is bipolar, smoking enabled him to get off his medications entirely. Mostly from what I saw he bought some new clothes (which he probably needed) and a new hoodie (which he didn't really need), some cologne, and yes some weed as well. No idea if he indulged in other substances, but I do know he's been going out with friends so I'm sure he's buying drinks for himself, possibly for the friends too. There's a racist offensive term for when people get a hefty amount of money and blow right through it. That's what my son appears to have been doing. Makes me know all the more that I did the right thing having my niece in charge of anything he might inherit from me. Possibly he won't inherit anything, as my husband is my sole beneficiary unless I outlive him. And my niece will make sure that if he does inherit anything he won't be given large amounts at any one time and it will be at her discretion to disburse what she feels he legitimately needs and when. He won't like it but he has only himself, his immaturity, his illness, and his addiction to blame. But yeah, Thanksgiving is just a couple days away so I'm going to try to hold it together for the sake of a peaceful pleasant gathering in my home. I just hope I don't then decide to postpone taking action after Christmas. Truthfully, this year I don't really care. I was very excited that he would be home for the holidays this year but now I'm a little apathetic. We'll probably go to my brother in law's as we do every Christmas, and either my son and I will still be on reasonably good terms and he'll go with us, or he will have "estranged" himself from me again and he won't. But the sleeping all day going out all night routine needs to end, or I will tell him he's not welcome here any longer and let the chips fall where they may. (But after Thanksgiving!) [/QUOTE]
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