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<blockquote data-quote="DarkwingPsyduck" data-source="post: 693440" data-attributes="member: 20267"><p>The 12 step mantra applies to the loved ones of addicts, as well. Change the things you can, and accept the things you can't. You cannot control every aspect of your sons life, or pilot his body and make the right choices that he is getting so wrong. Not only is that impossible, it wouldn't actually be of benefit. Do you plan on living forever, and controlling his life entirely? Unless you have discovered the fountain of youth, I suggest you start looking at it a different way. Where would he be once you were gone if he couldn't handle his life himself? He'd be a lot like me, really. My mom died before I was capable of making an adult decision. I couldn't vote. I couldn't join the military. And the effect of that still shows to this day. I am a man child in a lot of ways. Behind every friend I have emotionally. I have had to learn EVERYTHING through trial and error. And it turns out that I am so much better at making errors than correcting them. It is a struggle, and one you have the opportunity to spare your son right now. By getting him ready to exist without you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkwingPsyduck, post: 693440, member: 20267"] The 12 step mantra applies to the loved ones of addicts, as well. Change the things you can, and accept the things you can't. You cannot control every aspect of your sons life, or pilot his body and make the right choices that he is getting so wrong. Not only is that impossible, it wouldn't actually be of benefit. Do you plan on living forever, and controlling his life entirely? Unless you have discovered the fountain of youth, I suggest you start looking at it a different way. Where would he be once you were gone if he couldn't handle his life himself? He'd be a lot like me, really. My mom died before I was capable of making an adult decision. I couldn't vote. I couldn't join the military. And the effect of that still shows to this day. I am a man child in a lot of ways. Behind every friend I have emotionally. I have had to learn EVERYTHING through trial and error. And it turns out that I am so much better at making errors than correcting them. It is a struggle, and one you have the opportunity to spare your son right now. By getting him ready to exist without you. [/QUOTE]
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