Hi Kalahou, I remember well how I would get my mind around a certain date and then the date would change, with Difficult Child, and I would try to get my mind around that new information and what it meant.
First, my good friend ran the Drug Court here in our County and I've been to talk with those parents several times about Al-Anon. I think Drug Court is Great! It is a very solid chance for people to be accountable to a defined process and program, with ongoing drug tests, requirements about life skills classes and group work with other participants, a requirement to work, etc. If you don't comply, you can go back to jail. So for most, that is a deterrent and it's again a chance to learn how to navigate life without drugs. And it's overseen by a judge and a staff including social workers.
It will be up to him to make it work. He can make it work, or not. For you, please claim this as a second chance for him. You also have to qualify to get in, so clearly they think he can qualify. My son was never referred there, and there were many many times I wish he would have been.
Yes! You have a reprieve from whatever comes next, and he has two more months to hopefully decide that he never wants to go back there again.
Kalahou---hang in there. You are working on YOU and this development gives you more time to work on you, which is an incredible gift, knowing he is somewhere with 3 squares and a cot.
We're here for you as you navigate this hard journey. Warm hugs this morning.