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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 748703" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>So sorry you are going through this.</p><p></p><p>My son is doing well now. His final stop was Teen Challenge. He fought like hell and even ran out. He did not want to go there. He didn't want to do the God thing. He said it was a cult. He read it on line so it had to be true. Our home was closed to him. He had no money. He had nowhere to go so he went back. I prayed for seven years throughout the day and half the night that he would be saved from himself. I had tried everything else to save him. I often wondered if anyone was listening.</p><p></p><p>Guess what? It worked. I sometimes wish we had put him there to start out but I do not think it was his time to go there. It was all a process and a journey. It was HIS journey. He tried many times to get sober but he always failed. At least I think he was trying. His biggest complaint was he was not with his family. I said no. I could not have him with me until he changed. It hurt too much.</p><p></p><p>My husband promised him if he did the 13 months there he could return to live with us. I was indifferent but he had made a promise and husband said that he was going to stick to his promise and if son hadn't changed as we'd seen, he'd have to leave.</p><p></p><p>He has been home since November and we've had our ups and downs but it now seems like we're settled into a groove. He does drink beer now, sometimes more than we like him to and we redirect, but he is working full time and starts welding school next week. We never have to wake him up. He's up and gets ready every day. Sometimes he starts at 6am. We don't talk about everything that has happened. I doubt he remembers most of it, out of his mind on pills, weed, alcohol but WE remember. </p><p></p><p>I was always afraid he'd do permanent damage to his brain with the drug use. It is so terrifying how much it changes them, even during their periods of sobriety. I never would have believed it stunted their mental growth had I not witnessed it myself. Sometimes I see the addict but now he redirects and is able to use the tools that he learned in the program. I am forever thankful that my son was returned to us and has a chance at living a normal life and for us to be a family again. It can happen but I really think it takes our higher power.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 748703, member: 15032"] So sorry you are going through this. My son is doing well now. His final stop was Teen Challenge. He fought like hell and even ran out. He did not want to go there. He didn't want to do the God thing. He said it was a cult. He read it on line so it had to be true. Our home was closed to him. He had no money. He had nowhere to go so he went back. I prayed for seven years throughout the day and half the night that he would be saved from himself. I had tried everything else to save him. I often wondered if anyone was listening. Guess what? It worked. I sometimes wish we had put him there to start out but I do not think it was his time to go there. It was all a process and a journey. It was HIS journey. He tried many times to get sober but he always failed. At least I think he was trying. His biggest complaint was he was not with his family. I said no. I could not have him with me until he changed. It hurt too much. My husband promised him if he did the 13 months there he could return to live with us. I was indifferent but he had made a promise and husband said that he was going to stick to his promise and if son hadn't changed as we'd seen, he'd have to leave. He has been home since November and we've had our ups and downs but it now seems like we're settled into a groove. He does drink beer now, sometimes more than we like him to and we redirect, but he is working full time and starts welding school next week. We never have to wake him up. He's up and gets ready every day. Sometimes he starts at 6am. We don't talk about everything that has happened. I doubt he remembers most of it, out of his mind on pills, weed, alcohol but WE remember. I was always afraid he'd do permanent damage to his brain with the drug use. It is so terrifying how much it changes them, even during their periods of sobriety. I never would have believed it stunted their mental growth had I not witnessed it myself. Sometimes I see the addict but now he redirects and is able to use the tools that he learned in the program. I am forever thankful that my son was returned to us and has a chance at living a normal life and for us to be a family again. It can happen but I really think it takes our higher power. [/QUOTE]
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