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My son chose the streets
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<blockquote data-quote="blackgnat" data-source="post: 635229" data-attributes="member: 13561"><p>Hi Mattie-just wanted to let you know that my son sounds very similar to yours and I've been to Hell and back more times with him than I can count. My nickname for him was Satan.</p><p></p><p>I am FAR from a position to give you any advice, as I'm still going through it all, but now I'm edging towards the perimeter, instead of being mired RIGHT IN THE CENTRE! I go to therapy and read these boards voraciously. The process is beyond difficult and painful but I have to take the advice of the experts here and detach.</p><p></p><p>If he has chosen the streets, he doesn't belong in your home. He doubtless knows the risks, the lifestyle, the freedoms that he considers to be beneficial. I think it is all about acceptance and trying to be at peace with both his decision to live as he does, as well as your decision to live your life as you wish, without feeling that you have failed him, or that you can point him in the direction you want him to go. He doesn't want to go that way.</p><p></p><p>I hope this doesn't sound like I have all the answers-believe me, I am talking to myself as much as I am talking to you! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blackgnat, post: 635229, member: 13561"] Hi Mattie-just wanted to let you know that my son sounds very similar to yours and I've been to Hell and back more times with him than I can count. My nickname for him was Satan. I am FAR from a position to give you any advice, as I'm still going through it all, but now I'm edging towards the perimeter, instead of being mired RIGHT IN THE CENTRE! I go to therapy and read these boards voraciously. The process is beyond difficult and painful but I have to take the advice of the experts here and detach. If he has chosen the streets, he doesn't belong in your home. He doubtless knows the risks, the lifestyle, the freedoms that he considers to be beneficial. I think it is all about acceptance and trying to be at peace with both his decision to live as he does, as well as your decision to live your life as you wish, without feeling that you have failed him, or that you can point him in the direction you want him to go. He doesn't want to go that way. I hope this doesn't sound like I have all the answers-believe me, I am talking to myself as much as I am talking to you! :) [/QUOTE]
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