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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 687832" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>Hi Rebelson. I totally get where you are coming from. Our sons are the same age. My son was homeless in Denver for 3 months in the middle of winter. It was pretty miserable. It did not make him get a job or get clean..... It did eventually get him back into treatment.</p><p></p><p>My son did work for awhile at a job he really loved.... And even though he was working he was very isolated and got into very serious drinking. That is when he finally decided for himself that he needed help.</p><p></p><p>We have taken the stand that we will help him if he is helping himself, and we will not help if he is not. Slowly he seems to be making progress. It is slower than I would like but although there are many steps forward and steps back he seems to be going in the right direction. I don't think for my son, cutting off all help immediately would be the right thing to do. I think he would end up back on the streets, drinking and drugging and panhandling and he would be worse off. </p><p></p><p>However we are letting him know we will be cutting down financial support as we expect him to get a job and are hoping that with the support of the IOP and knowing we are there that he will do that.</p><p></p><p>Time will tell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 687832, member: 15801"] Hi Rebelson. I totally get where you are coming from. Our sons are the same age. My son was homeless in Denver for 3 months in the middle of winter. It was pretty miserable. It did not make him get a job or get clean..... It did eventually get him back into treatment. My son did work for awhile at a job he really loved.... And even though he was working he was very isolated and got into very serious drinking. That is when he finally decided for himself that he needed help. We have taken the stand that we will help him if he is helping himself, and we will not help if he is not. Slowly he seems to be making progress. It is slower than I would like but although there are many steps forward and steps back he seems to be going in the right direction. I don't think for my son, cutting off all help immediately would be the right thing to do. I think he would end up back on the streets, drinking and drugging and panhandling and he would be worse off. However we are letting him know we will be cutting down financial support as we expect him to get a job and are hoping that with the support of the IOP and knowing we are there that he will do that. Time will tell. [/QUOTE]
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