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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 728876" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>When I read your first post, my first thought was that he would be back. By the time I got through the thread, I saw that I was right. </p><p></p><p>You and your husband are going to have to learn to be strong and set boundaries. He needs to go to inpatient rehab and then sober living after that. He doesn't get a choice. It is either that or he leaves your home.</p><p></p><p>As long as you let him live with you, nothing will change. Why would it?</p><p></p><p>I know that sounds easy for me to say but I know how hard it is. It took my husband and me 10 years before we finally started therapy and learned that we couldn't change our daughter's behavior but we could change our reactions to it. Your son will do what he wants to do. You can't control him or his choices. You have to learn how to set boundaries so he can't let his addiction ruin your life.</p><p></p><p>Once my husband and I finally stopped enabling out daughter, she finally got sober. She will be celebrating her second anniversary of sobriety on March 1st. I never thought I would see this day come and it wouldn't have if we had kept enabling her drug use by supporting her financially and letting her live with us.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 728876, member: 1967"] When I read your first post, my first thought was that he would be back. By the time I got through the thread, I saw that I was right. You and your husband are going to have to learn to be strong and set boundaries. He needs to go to inpatient rehab and then sober living after that. He doesn't get a choice. It is either that or he leaves your home. As long as you let him live with you, nothing will change. Why would it? I know that sounds easy for me to say but I know how hard it is. It took my husband and me 10 years before we finally started therapy and learned that we couldn't change our daughter's behavior but we could change our reactions to it. Your son will do what he wants to do. You can't control him or his choices. You have to learn how to set boundaries so he can't let his addiction ruin your life. Once my husband and I finally stopped enabling out daughter, she finally got sober. She will be celebrating her second anniversary of sobriety on March 1st. I never thought I would see this day come and it wouldn't have if we had kept enabling her drug use by supporting her financially and letting her live with us. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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