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<blockquote data-quote="Big Bad Kitty" data-source="post: 60858" data-attributes="member: 3647"><p>Welcome Skylark!</p><p></p><p>You found a wonderful caring place, and there are a lot of moms (myself included) who are in your shoes. I wish I had better news for you, but given your specific problem (an adult child), there is not a whole lot you can do for them. You cannot make them get help. You cannot force them to do anything. </p><p></p><p>It is at this time, when a parent has a child of legal age, when we suggest to the parents to try and detatch. By detatch, we do not mean stop caring about the child, but stop pouring all of our energy into worrying about them. They are grown and will do as they wish. It is time for you to take care of you.</p><p></p><p>On thing that helps is the serenity prayer:</p><p>God, grant me the serenity</p><p>To accept the things who cannot change</p><p>the courage to change the things I can</p><p>and the wisdom to know the difference.</p><p></p><p>We are glad you found us, but sorry you had to. There will be many other warrior moms along to share their wisdom too. Again welcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Bad Kitty, post: 60858, member: 3647"] Welcome Skylark! You found a wonderful caring place, and there are a lot of moms (myself included) who are in your shoes. I wish I had better news for you, but given your specific problem (an adult child), there is not a whole lot you can do for them. You cannot make them get help. You cannot force them to do anything. It is at this time, when a parent has a child of legal age, when we suggest to the parents to try and detatch. By detatch, we do not mean stop caring about the child, but stop pouring all of our energy into worrying about them. They are grown and will do as they wish. It is time for you to take care of you. On thing that helps is the serenity prayer: God, grant me the serenity To accept the things who cannot change the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. We are glad you found us, but sorry you had to. There will be many other warrior moms along to share their wisdom too. Again welcome. [/QUOTE]
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