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Just got back from visiting my son at his Residential Treatment Center (RTC)
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<blockquote data-quote="Roxona" data-source="post: 686444" data-attributes="member: 19076"><p>I agree with genetics being a huge factor, which absolutely stinks because it makes the work so much harder! My dad was a drug and alcohol abuser for as long as I can remember. He was a good person, though. The kind that would give you the shirt off his back. He was always trying to help out a friend...usually the ones who had the same problems he had. J is exactly like his grand dad...to a T. Thing is...J's grand dad died in a car accident seven years before J was born. </p><p></p><p>I had completely taken myself out of that world and raised J in positive, kid-centric community. J was never exposed to that type of lifestyle...but here we are!!!! My luck, J is the reincarnation of his grand dad! Now that would be a hoot!!! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/ohmygod.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":ohmygod:" title="ohmygod :ohmygod:" data-shortname=":ohmygod:" /></p><p></p><p>I think all we can really do for our kids is to try to be that positive, guiding force in their lives. I believe all of our kids feel like they have all the cards stacked against them, and in a way they kind of do. It could be from drugs. It could be from mental illness. Maybe both. It all snowballs, and if you don't stop it in time, it just gets bigger and bigger and way more complicated. That can be extremely overwhelming to a young person who is far from having all the answers, and now things seem so impossible to fix. They get stuck...depressed...not sure how to react. I'm not saying that we need to baby or enable them. I'm from the mind set that we need to set our boundaries firmly, but to let them know that we love them and are doing out best to help them move forward in a positive manner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roxona, post: 686444, member: 19076"] I agree with genetics being a huge factor, which absolutely stinks because it makes the work so much harder! My dad was a drug and alcohol abuser for as long as I can remember. He was a good person, though. The kind that would give you the shirt off his back. He was always trying to help out a friend...usually the ones who had the same problems he had. J is exactly like his grand dad...to a T. Thing is...J's grand dad died in a car accident seven years before J was born. I had completely taken myself out of that world and raised J in positive, kid-centric community. J was never exposed to that type of lifestyle...but here we are!!!! My luck, J is the reincarnation of his grand dad! Now that would be a hoot!!! :ohmygod: I think all we can really do for our kids is to try to be that positive, guiding force in their lives. I believe all of our kids feel like they have all the cards stacked against them, and in a way they kind of do. It could be from drugs. It could be from mental illness. Maybe both. It all snowballs, and if you don't stop it in time, it just gets bigger and bigger and way more complicated. That can be extremely overwhelming to a young person who is far from having all the answers, and now things seem so impossible to fix. They get stuck...depressed...not sure how to react. I'm not saying that we need to baby or enable them. I'm from the mind set that we need to set our boundaries firmly, but to let them know that we love them and are doing out best to help them move forward in a positive manner. [/QUOTE]
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