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<blockquote data-quote="Guidance seeker" data-source="post: 725818" data-attributes="member: 22632"><p>Thank you all so much for your replies. Every reply gives me so much strength and I plan to read them daily so that I don’t slip back into my old ways of helping him because I’m either feeling guilty or afraid of what might happen if I don’t.</p><p></p><p>I felt we were so alone in this situation before I came across this site but it is happening to so many parents all over the world. </p><p></p><p>I love to hear how situations have improved when people stop helping. It gives me hope.</p><p></p><p>We were at a party with friends last night and my son was ringing and texting me because he wanted a lift somewhere and had too much to carry. This could have been an innocent request but realistically he could have had stolen things or could have wanted us to go round by an address while he “pops in” - I suspect to buy drugs. </p><p></p><p>In the past, one of us would have probably left to help him but last night I just texted that we were at a party and he needed to sort it out himself. </p><p></p><p>I got a few texts back calling me a “scumbag”</p><p>and that I should be in jail for abandoning him. He texted he might get on a train and never come back. I ignored them and was relieved to find that he stopped texting. </p><p></p><p>That was quite minor but I can’t remember the last time I went anywhere without him calling to demand something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guidance seeker, post: 725818, member: 22632"] Thank you all so much for your replies. Every reply gives me so much strength and I plan to read them daily so that I don’t slip back into my old ways of helping him because I’m either feeling guilty or afraid of what might happen if I don’t. I felt we were so alone in this situation before I came across this site but it is happening to so many parents all over the world. I love to hear how situations have improved when people stop helping. It gives me hope. We were at a party with friends last night and my son was ringing and texting me because he wanted a lift somewhere and had too much to carry. This could have been an innocent request but realistically he could have had stolen things or could have wanted us to go round by an address while he “pops in” - I suspect to buy drugs. In the past, one of us would have probably left to help him but last night I just texted that we were at a party and he needed to sort it out himself. I got a few texts back calling me a “scumbag” and that I should be in jail for abandoning him. He texted he might get on a train and never come back. I ignored them and was relieved to find that he stopped texting. That was quite minor but I can’t remember the last time I went anywhere without him calling to demand something. [/QUOTE]
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