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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 713435" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>Colleen</p><p></p><p>Sorry to hear your despair. I do agree that the new job sounds like a break that you really need. I hope that you can find some peaceful ways to enjoy your summer.</p><p></p><p>I think your son is at the beginning of his journey. As my therapist said last week sometimes you have to plant many "seeds" before they take. We do not know how many times or how many seeds our own children will need before they see what they are doing to themselves and those that love them.</p><p></p><p>I also do not know how things will turn out with my son. He is in sober living but I am pretty sure that is only because he has nowhere else to live. I wish that I didn't feel that way but I too have been beaten down. I'm okay with that for now and am trying to take one day at a time and see what happens. He finally seems to accept that he cannot come home. I have been down this path for a long time and as long as we can do it, we will keep him away from us. My life is better and his is too although the worry never stops.</p><p></p><p>I agree you cannot tell anyone what to do in this situation. It's all just too hard and there is no right or wrong answer. <strong>I fantasize about the day that I will no longer have to worry about him. </strong> I do not know what I will do with all the time and energy that I'll have.</p><p></p><p>Copa I bet your fantasy is that some day soon your son will return and have it all together. If we only could put our finger on that magic that we are waiting for our Difficult Child to discover that will turn their lives around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 713435, member: 15032"] Colleen Sorry to hear your despair. I do agree that the new job sounds like a break that you really need. I hope that you can find some peaceful ways to enjoy your summer. I think your son is at the beginning of his journey. As my therapist said last week sometimes you have to plant many "seeds" before they take. We do not know how many times or how many seeds our own children will need before they see what they are doing to themselves and those that love them. I also do not know how things will turn out with my son. He is in sober living but I am pretty sure that is only because he has nowhere else to live. I wish that I didn't feel that way but I too have been beaten down. I'm okay with that for now and am trying to take one day at a time and see what happens. He finally seems to accept that he cannot come home. I have been down this path for a long time and as long as we can do it, we will keep him away from us. My life is better and his is too although the worry never stops. I agree you cannot tell anyone what to do in this situation. It's all just too hard and there is no right or wrong answer. [B]I fantasize about the day that I will no longer have to worry about him. [/B] I do not know what I will do with all the time and energy that I'll have. Copa I bet your fantasy is that some day soon your son will return and have it all together. If we only could put our finger on that magic that we are waiting for our Difficult Child to discover that will turn their lives around. [/QUOTE]
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