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<blockquote data-quote="Elsi" data-source="post: 742045" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p>I think this is the insight you need to hold onto right now. </p><p></p><p>He is going through a very hard thing. It is going to be hard. Depression can take months to lift. What he is experiencing is partly biochemical from changes his brain is going through while it adjusts to sobriety and partly situational as he works though his feelings of guilt, regret and sadness about the past. </p><p></p><p>As parents we cannot walk this walk for them. Sometimes not even with them. It is his path, and he needs to walk it. As parents we can give encouragement and be there for them when they find their way out of the woods. You are doing that. He knows you care, and you have given him your best words of wisdom. That is huge. You are giving him breadcrumbs to find his way back. But he still needs to take the journey, and it’s going to take time. It may take many months. It may take a year. He is on his own timetable, and it is not in our power to rush things along for him. </p><p></p><p>He’s still sober. He has reached back out to IOP. He is working through the ramifications of his past actions. Those are all big things. He has made it this far. You have a lot of reasons to believe he’s going to continue to stay on the path of sobriety. </p><p></p><p>Go on your trip and enjoy your time with your daughter. She needs you too and deserves your undivided attention for a bit. It’s not always easy being the ‘good’ child either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elsi, post: 742045, member: 23349"] I think this is the insight you need to hold onto right now. He is going through a very hard thing. It is going to be hard. Depression can take months to lift. What he is experiencing is partly biochemical from changes his brain is going through while it adjusts to sobriety and partly situational as he works though his feelings of guilt, regret and sadness about the past. As parents we cannot walk this walk for them. Sometimes not even with them. It is his path, and he needs to walk it. As parents we can give encouragement and be there for them when they find their way out of the woods. You are doing that. He knows you care, and you have given him your best words of wisdom. That is huge. You are giving him breadcrumbs to find his way back. But he still needs to take the journey, and it’s going to take time. It may take many months. It may take a year. He is on his own timetable, and it is not in our power to rush things along for him. He’s still sober. He has reached back out to IOP. He is working through the ramifications of his past actions. Those are all big things. He has made it this far. You have a lot of reasons to believe he’s going to continue to stay on the path of sobriety. Go on your trip and enjoy your time with your daughter. She needs you too and deserves your undivided attention for a bit. It’s not always easy being the ‘good’ child either. [/QUOTE]
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