Melissa - I think you may have hit the nail on the head: Mikey may not be able to come to terms with our advice. I know when I first started here my son was 15 and hospitalized for the first time. I cried every day! Then...when I wasn't so self-absorbed, I realized some folks had been here years and had "kids" in their 20's and 30's and they still were difficult child's!!
Ugh!
That was even more disheartening - that this might be my life! Now, my son is 22. Yes...he is still definitely a difficult child!
For me, this was the hardest thing to come to terms with! I hope that Mikey has peace in his heart with his decisions.
