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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 657489" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p><u><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff">You have nothing to feel guilty about or be ashamed about.</span></span></u></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Did you force him to drink and do drugs? No, you did not. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">He has done this to himself.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">You have offered him help in the past and he did not accept it. You cannot say that your son reached out and you did not help him, that's just not true. He has had many people offer to help him and HE chooses to continue living the life he wants.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">He does know what to do. He could walk into any AA meeting and would be greeted by people who could help him and direct him. Our Difficult Child have no trouble finding ways to stay high and drunk. I get that addiction is hard but until the addict has had enough and deep down inside wants to change nothing will change for them.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">I have had conversations with my son about this. He has told me he's so tired of his life and the mess he's made. I've told him what he needs to do as I'm sure you and others have done. Yes, they know what to do.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">I do not want my son around me either and I do not feel ashamed. My son lives a life style that I do not agree with. While I have accepted the life he chooses to live, I do not want it around me. My son is very egocentric and just unpleasant to be around even when he's sober. He is the complete opposite of how he was raised. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Don't get me wrong, I love my son and I always will but I do not like the person he has become. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">You can love someone and not like them.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">BG, don't be so hard on yourself. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">((HUGS)) to you.....................</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 657489, member: 18516"] [U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]You have nothing to feel guilty about or be ashamed about.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Did you force him to drink and do drugs? No, you did not. He has done this to himself. You have offered him help in the past and he did not accept it. You cannot say that your son reached out and you did not help him, that's just not true. He has had many people offer to help him and HE chooses to continue living the life he wants. He does know what to do. He could walk into any AA meeting and would be greeted by people who could help him and direct him. Our Difficult Child have no trouble finding ways to stay high and drunk. I get that addiction is hard but until the addict has had enough and deep down inside wants to change nothing will change for them. I have had conversations with my son about this. He has told me he's so tired of his life and the mess he's made. I've told him what he needs to do as I'm sure you and others have done. Yes, they know what to do.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]I do not want my son around me either and I do not feel ashamed. My son lives a life style that I do not agree with. While I have accepted the life he chooses to live, I do not want it around me. My son is very egocentric and just unpleasant to be around even when he's sober. He is the complete opposite of how he was raised. Don't get me wrong, I love my son and I always will but I do not like the person he has become. You can love someone and not like them.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]BG, don't be so hard on yourself. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]((HUGS)) to you.....................[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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