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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 607075" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Welcome Maxiesoma. Your post brought me right back to that dark dark time in my life. Just like you I cried all the time after we kicked our daughter out. I worried myself sick, couldn't sleep, hid in the house in case I met anyone in the grocery store and they should ask about her. I don't know how I got through it at the time because I didn't have a support group and it was so hard to talk about it to others who didn't understand.</p><p></p><p>I eventually did find a support group in our community, other parents whose young adult children were substance abusers. This board, which I have been a member of since my daughter was 7, opened this forum and I finally felt like I was among those who understood. I had to force myself live the serentiy prayer. Eventually as I got stronger it got easier to accept those things I could not change.</p><p></p><p>Continue to support him when he is doing the right thing...going into detox and seeing treatment. And make sure you stick to the line drawn in the sand when he doesn't. Enabling him will do nothing except prolong the time before he gets help. </p><p></p><p>Keep posting here and look for a support group in your area. It won't happen overnight but eventually you will find the strength you need tos top crying and start living.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 607075, member: 59"] Welcome Maxiesoma. Your post brought me right back to that dark dark time in my life. Just like you I cried all the time after we kicked our daughter out. I worried myself sick, couldn't sleep, hid in the house in case I met anyone in the grocery store and they should ask about her. I don't know how I got through it at the time because I didn't have a support group and it was so hard to talk about it to others who didn't understand. I eventually did find a support group in our community, other parents whose young adult children were substance abusers. This board, which I have been a member of since my daughter was 7, opened this forum and I finally felt like I was among those who understood. I had to force myself live the serentiy prayer. Eventually as I got stronger it got easier to accept those things I could not change. Continue to support him when he is doing the right thing...going into detox and seeing treatment. And make sure you stick to the line drawn in the sand when he doesn't. Enabling him will do nothing except prolong the time before he gets help. Keep posting here and look for a support group in your area. It won't happen overnight but eventually you will find the strength you need tos top crying and start living. [/QUOTE]
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