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<blockquote data-quote="so ready to live" data-source="post: 725699" data-attributes="member: 20054"><p>Hi Guidance. </p><p></p><p>I see progress in your realizing you were living in madness. For so many years we were so thick in it we couldn't see...anything.</p><p>If you need reason to climb out of the FOG, fear, obligation, guilt, look at your daughter. If it's hard to stand firm for yourself or husband, do it for her. You all deserve a safe, drama free home.</p><p></p><p>Don't forget this-the epitome of "you didn't cause it". </p><p>We are farther up the road than you and still really don't know how much or what our son uses/is using. All we know despite not understanding any of it is that it is his battle. Our help didn't fix it. Our son was living in an abandoned house last winter, no electric or water, he did have a beaten old car but rarely had gas. He is this year in an apartment which he shares and hates, assisted by our township trustee. If your son hates his shared arrangements enough, he is a free man who can choose to change. A phrase we learned at al anon "We're sure you can figure this out" is one I have used alot. Give him the respect of backing off for his own good. You won't be here to rescue forever. Take heart, your son is young. He may choose better in the future, many of us learn from consequences. There is always hope.</p><p>From a mother's heart to yours. Hold tight. You are stronger than you think. Prayers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="so ready to live, post: 725699, member: 20054"] Hi Guidance. I see progress in your realizing you were living in madness. For so many years we were so thick in it we couldn't see...anything. If you need reason to climb out of the FOG, fear, obligation, guilt, look at your daughter. If it's hard to stand firm for yourself or husband, do it for her. You all deserve a safe, drama free home. Don't forget this-the epitome of "you didn't cause it". We are farther up the road than you and still really don't know how much or what our son uses/is using. All we know despite not understanding any of it is that it is his battle. Our help didn't fix it. Our son was living in an abandoned house last winter, no electric or water, he did have a beaten old car but rarely had gas. He is this year in an apartment which he shares and hates, assisted by our township trustee. If your son hates his shared arrangements enough, he is a free man who can choose to change. A phrase we learned at al anon "We're sure you can figure this out" is one I have used alot. Give him the respect of backing off for his own good. You won't be here to rescue forever. Take heart, your son is young. He may choose better in the future, many of us learn from consequences. There is always hope. From a mother's heart to yours. Hold tight. You are stronger than you think. Prayers. [/QUOTE]
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