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Just Got Another Phone Call...... GHG hates her life but not enough to quit drinking
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 609252" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>Onlyone, I am so sorry you are going through this. Unfortunately I can totally relate.... and we also have made the decision to not let my son live at home either. He actually is sitting in jail because he has no where else to go (and of course has legal troubles to boot which is why he is in jail). The one thing about jail is that it is keeping him sober which is a positive thing.</p><p> So yes detachment is key. Getting support for us and from an alanon group can be huge. I am not sure where I would be without the parents alanon group I go to.</p><p> I am wondering about your options. I know where I live it is possible to get someone committed for substance abuse issues if the substances are causing serious enough problems. It means going to court and going through the process to commit them but ti is doable and I am wondering if you could do that in your state? It is different than getting them committed for mental health reasons.</p><p> But of course the reality is I am not sure help works unless the addict themselves really wants help. And it is so excrutiating to wait until that point happens. And part of it is to let them face the consequences of their addiction.... for us this meant letting our son (who was 20) at the time be homeless on the streets for several months. In fact we had to do that more than once..... and right now I need to keep reminding myself that jail is better for him than the streets.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 609252, member: 15801"] Onlyone, I am so sorry you are going through this. Unfortunately I can totally relate.... and we also have made the decision to not let my son live at home either. He actually is sitting in jail because he has no where else to go (and of course has legal troubles to boot which is why he is in jail). The one thing about jail is that it is keeping him sober which is a positive thing. So yes detachment is key. Getting support for us and from an alanon group can be huge. I am not sure where I would be without the parents alanon group I go to. I am wondering about your options. I know where I live it is possible to get someone committed for substance abuse issues if the substances are causing serious enough problems. It means going to court and going through the process to commit them but ti is doable and I am wondering if you could do that in your state? It is different than getting them committed for mental health reasons. But of course the reality is I am not sure help works unless the addict themselves really wants help. And it is so excrutiating to wait until that point happens. And part of it is to let them face the consequences of their addiction.... for us this meant letting our son (who was 20) at the time be homeless on the streets for several months. In fact we had to do that more than once..... and right now I need to keep reminding myself that jail is better for him than the streets. TL [/QUOTE]
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