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How is my Difficult Child going to survive the winter in Colorado?
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<blockquote data-quote="blackgnat" data-source="post: 672431" data-attributes="member: 13561"><p>Thank you all for your sympathetic and supportive replies.</p><p></p><p>Tanya and toughlovin, my son is in Boulder but has been in the Denver Rescue Mission before-was even in the New Life program a couple of months ago. "Didn't like it" and didn't want to go back. Part of his reasoning was that when he went out into the alley to smoke, people would be drinking and using and it was too difficult for him to be around that. Hmmm.</p><p></p><p>Currently he is not drinking, in regular contact with the Mental Health Partners and his dr, who gives him his medications 3 times a week. Good strategy for him, or he'd take them all at once. But I know he is availing himself of the legal weed and doubtless lots of other illegal substances, too.</p><p></p><p>I agree that there are a lot of pretty good resources in the general area he's at. He called yesterday and said his sleeping bag is still working really well but he's not sure what will happen when the snow really starts coming. He apparently has a list of warming shelters for when that happens. He did lose his Illinois ID but seems to be getting stuff without it. (But I would like to pm you about the ID info you mentioned, toughlovin, thanks) You are all so right about the network of resources that the homeless community has and the connections they make. I believe he is a LOT more savvy about living on the streets.</p><p></p><p>My heart just sinks when I go outside and it's windy and cold and I know that I can be warm and safe when I want to be. Still, always THEIR choice, right?</p><p></p><p>He has to go to court on Dec. 23rd and thinks he might have to go back to jail. Says he's not looking forward to that, but as we discussed, it'll be 3 hots and a cot and he is looking forward to be able to watch TV. Expectations seriously lowered, haha. If he goes to jail, it'll be the THIRD year in a row that he has spent Christmas, New Year and his birthday in jail. It'll be his "Golden" birthday on December 27th. Some gold, huh?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blackgnat, post: 672431, member: 13561"] Thank you all for your sympathetic and supportive replies. Tanya and toughlovin, my son is in Boulder but has been in the Denver Rescue Mission before-was even in the New Life program a couple of months ago. "Didn't like it" and didn't want to go back. Part of his reasoning was that when he went out into the alley to smoke, people would be drinking and using and it was too difficult for him to be around that. Hmmm. Currently he is not drinking, in regular contact with the Mental Health Partners and his dr, who gives him his medications 3 times a week. Good strategy for him, or he'd take them all at once. But I know he is availing himself of the legal weed and doubtless lots of other illegal substances, too. I agree that there are a lot of pretty good resources in the general area he's at. He called yesterday and said his sleeping bag is still working really well but he's not sure what will happen when the snow really starts coming. He apparently has a list of warming shelters for when that happens. He did lose his Illinois ID but seems to be getting stuff without it. (But I would like to pm you about the ID info you mentioned, toughlovin, thanks) You are all so right about the network of resources that the homeless community has and the connections they make. I believe he is a LOT more savvy about living on the streets. My heart just sinks when I go outside and it's windy and cold and I know that I can be warm and safe when I want to be. Still, always THEIR choice, right? He has to go to court on Dec. 23rd and thinks he might have to go back to jail. Says he's not looking forward to that, but as we discussed, it'll be 3 hots and a cot and he is looking forward to be able to watch TV. Expectations seriously lowered, haha. If he goes to jail, it'll be the THIRD year in a row that he has spent Christmas, New Year and his birthday in jail. It'll be his "Golden" birthday on December 27th. Some gold, huh? [/QUOTE]
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