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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 160669" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I think we have all been where you are at, Stands. I think that being able to voice our fears is only one benefit of coming to this site. The other benefit, and I feel it's the one that helps us with recovery, is to participate in other people's posts and see that what we are going through isn't nearly as bad as what some other people are going through with their families. I think that as we examine how we can help them, we recognize those things that can help us in our own journey.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You really are talking to people who know what you mean. It's always easier from the outside looking in, especially when someone is in a bad place that you used to be in. I think that maybe it is time for you to talk to a professional about how you are still troubled daily about your son's current situation, and work on how you can get past that. There is so much more that life has to offer than worrying about your son. </p><p></p><p>It's difficult to watch you be so distraught about him when this is the choice that he made with his eyes wide open. Whether it is drugs or alcohol or mental health issues or all three that are his problem, he knows he has them all and still chooses to do what he does. If every drug abusing person with a mental illness said "I can't control myself so I won't try", we'd be in an even worse world than we are in now.</p><p></p><p>I know I have asked before, but I don't think you have answered. Are you planning to talk to a professional to get help with moving on with your life? I know that if feels good to come here and bare your soul about your feelings, but even as you say you are moving on, you are still talking about your son being in jail and bail and letters and accounts and etc. Maybe just for a day or two you could only post on other people's threads with advice to them. It might help you to see how valuable you are, and that you have better things to do with what you learned from your dealings with your son that just realizing how sad it all is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 160669, member: 99"] I think we have all been where you are at, Stands. I think that being able to voice our fears is only one benefit of coming to this site. The other benefit, and I feel it's the one that helps us with recovery, is to participate in other people's posts and see that what we are going through isn't nearly as bad as what some other people are going through with their families. I think that as we examine how we can help them, we recognize those things that can help us in our own journey. You really are talking to people who know what you mean. It's always easier from the outside looking in, especially when someone is in a bad place that you used to be in. I think that maybe it is time for you to talk to a professional about how you are still troubled daily about your son's current situation, and work on how you can get past that. There is so much more that life has to offer than worrying about your son. It's difficult to watch you be so distraught about him when this is the choice that he made with his eyes wide open. Whether it is drugs or alcohol or mental health issues or all three that are his problem, he knows he has them all and still chooses to do what he does. If every drug abusing person with a mental illness said "I can't control myself so I won't try", we'd be in an even worse world than we are in now. I know I have asked before, but I don't think you have answered. Are you planning to talk to a professional to get help with moving on with your life? I know that if feels good to come here and bare your soul about your feelings, but even as you say you are moving on, you are still talking about your son being in jail and bail and letters and accounts and etc. Maybe just for a day or two you could only post on other people's threads with advice to them. It might help you to see how valuable you are, and that you have better things to do with what you learned from your dealings with your son that just realizing how sad it all is. [/QUOTE]
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