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<blockquote data-quote="worried sick mother" data-source="post: 686513" data-attributes="member: 19069"><p>Welcome Having Faith, I'm sorry for your need to be here and your hurting heart but you have definitely found the right place. I went to a counselor trying to figure out if my son had a mental illness or if he had a drug addiction, turns out my son has both. I just wanted to share what he told me, he said that it didn't matter which one he has that as long as we enable him that he would never get help. He said if it's a mental illness then he will never go to a doctor or take medicine if we enable, if it's drug addiction he will never seek treatment and recover as long as we enable. So as hard as it was for you, you did the right thing. I don't know if you can reason with your son at all but if you could explain that you will not help in any way unless he helps himself by seeking treatment for his illness. You are not doing him any favors by letting him stay in your home and not showering or putting you in harms way. He obviously doesn't like being homeless since he was begging to come back home, so maybe if you stick to your guns he will seek help. The laws definitely need to be changed regarding mental illness. I used to work with a lady who took her son to court and had him declared mentally ill, she was given guardianship over him so she could check him into the mental hospital. I don't know much details but I know it was a long process, he was in the mental hospital several times and he finally got on the right medications and is doing well now. Please take care of yourself, I just prayed for you and your son. Keep posting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="worried sick mother, post: 686513, member: 19069"] Welcome Having Faith, I'm sorry for your need to be here and your hurting heart but you have definitely found the right place. I went to a counselor trying to figure out if my son had a mental illness or if he had a drug addiction, turns out my son has both. I just wanted to share what he told me, he said that it didn't matter which one he has that as long as we enable him that he would never get help. He said if it's a mental illness then he will never go to a doctor or take medicine if we enable, if it's drug addiction he will never seek treatment and recover as long as we enable. So as hard as it was for you, you did the right thing. I don't know if you can reason with your son at all but if you could explain that you will not help in any way unless he helps himself by seeking treatment for his illness. You are not doing him any favors by letting him stay in your home and not showering or putting you in harms way. He obviously doesn't like being homeless since he was begging to come back home, so maybe if you stick to your guns he will seek help. The laws definitely need to be changed regarding mental illness. I used to work with a lady who took her son to court and had him declared mentally ill, she was given guardianship over him so she could check him into the mental hospital. I don't know much details but I know it was a long process, he was in the mental hospital several times and he finally got on the right medications and is doing well now. Please take care of yourself, I just prayed for you and your son. Keep posting. [/QUOTE]
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