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My son's drug addiction will not destroy me.
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 671257" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>The destroying is not done by your son. It is within you.</p><p></p><p>We have so many hopes for our children. For them and for us. How our love will be redeemed. You have had so many losses. As have had I.</p><p></p><p>My love for my son was supposed to make it all right. When it didn't I felt it was the cruelest trick. How could it be that I had suffered so much, lost so much, missed so much--and this?</p><p></p><p>I realized over time that my son's role was not to replenish or redeem or recompense anything about me. His life was his own. His mistakes. His errors and successes his both to define and to fix and to own. I learned this here.</p><p></p><p>We are left with ourselves, as it should be. But we do not need to be alone or do this alone. Why not think of joining us at one of the FOO threads?</p><p></p><p>My partner, M, is devout Catholic. His sister has been nagging me to go with him to church, to a seminar so that he will grieve, as did you. Let his feelings out. That took courage, SeaGenie.</p><p></p><p>SeaGenie, Saltwater fishing. How great!! </p><p></p><p>On a boat or pier or beach or what? I always wanted to do so. I grew up a half of a block from the Pacific. I loved to see the fishermen on the beach.</p><p></p><p>COPA</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 671257, member: 18958"] The destroying is not done by your son. It is within you. We have so many hopes for our children. For them and for us. How our love will be redeemed. You have had so many losses. As have had I. My love for my son was supposed to make it all right. When it didn't I felt it was the cruelest trick. How could it be that I had suffered so much, lost so much, missed so much--and this? I realized over time that my son's role was not to replenish or redeem or recompense anything about me. His life was his own. His mistakes. His errors and successes his both to define and to fix and to own. I learned this here. We are left with ourselves, as it should be. But we do not need to be alone or do this alone. Why not think of joining us at one of the FOO threads? My partner, M, is devout Catholic. His sister has been nagging me to go with him to church, to a seminar so that he will grieve, as did you. Let his feelings out. That took courage, SeaGenie. SeaGenie, Saltwater fishing. How great!! On a boat or pier or beach or what? I always wanted to do so. I grew up a half of a block from the Pacific. I loved to see the fishermen on the beach. COPA [/QUOTE]
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