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<blockquote data-quote="SeekingStrength" data-source="post: 626149" data-attributes="member: 17635"><p>Blackgnat, I am right there with you.</p><p></p><p>Oh my--the day I found this forum. I have repeated this many times, but I was Googling <em>How to stop enabling </em> - Looking back, that is borderline pathetic since my difficult child was 32 yo. I had been so caught up in trying to get him on the right track for so long, it was like I was ensnared in super sticky fly paper and couldn't get loose or move forward.</p><p></p><p>The few times I do offer insight, others come along with way better stuff. But that's okay. They certainly have come across with wise posts for me!! They are wise humans. I remember in the early days, checking back all the time for responses, printing them off for husband, reading and re-reading them. So, sometimes it is good just to know somebody is reading your story and supporting you.</p><p></p><p>Every once in awhile, when somebody new comes along and their angst shows through...I type more--because I remember how that feels and how <strong>lost</strong> they are....and that they will feel much better in just a few weeks. And, sharing, as is probably shared as much as anything on this forum, how I could not solve this for another person...ever. There is a reason everything husband and I have tried has not worked.</p><p></p><p>and, yes, as you say, the knowledge that they are not alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeekingStrength, post: 626149, member: 17635"] Blackgnat, I am right there with you. Oh my--the day I found this forum. I have repeated this many times, but I was Googling [I]How to stop enabling [/I] - Looking back, that is borderline pathetic since my difficult child was 32 yo. I had been so caught up in trying to get him on the right track for so long, it was like I was ensnared in super sticky fly paper and couldn't get loose or move forward. The few times I do offer insight, others come along with way better stuff. But that's okay. They certainly have come across with wise posts for me!! They are wise humans. I remember in the early days, checking back all the time for responses, printing them off for husband, reading and re-reading them. So, sometimes it is good just to know somebody is reading your story and supporting you. Every once in awhile, when somebody new comes along and their angst shows through...I type more--because I remember how that feels and how [B]lost[/B] they are....and that they will feel much better in just a few weeks. And, sharing, as is probably shared as much as anything on this forum, how I could not solve this for another person...ever. There is a reason everything husband and I have tried has not worked. and, yes, as you say, the knowledge that they are not alone. [/QUOTE]
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