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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 699675" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Oh, RN, I just saw this. I am so sorry! Reading your story is living our nightmare all over again. I could have written everyone of your posts with a single change in pronoun.</p><p></p><p>It is absolutely okay for you to block his texts and phone calls. He is trying to emotionally blackmail you. Don't let him. He can chose the right path and be safe and fed. If he does not make that choice, it is not up to you to take care of him. If he doesn't have a substance abuse problem then there is no reason he shouldn't be able to take care of himself. Remember that men and women his age are serving our country and putting their lives in danger every day. All he has to do is get a job and pay for his own food and housing.</p><p></p><p>Of course, he will not be able to maintain a job if he is using but he has to find that out for himself. If you swoop in and rescue him you are just postponing the inevitable not to mention enabling his drug use in the meantime.</p><p></p><p>I am not surprised to hear about the doctor in Florida. One doctor prescribed benzos for our daughter knowing that she was an addict that had abused benzos before. Unfortunately, that area of Florida has a lot of recovery resources but also has a lot of addicts and doctors that enable their addiction.</p><p></p><p>I can't tell you how many times my daughter used the suicide threat, the homeless story, hunger, etc. to try to get us to give in and take care of her. It was only after my husband and I got strong enough to tell her that would be her life as long as she was using, that she finally got sober.</p><p></p><p>Stay strong and keep posting. </p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 699675, member: 1967"] Oh, RN, I just saw this. I am so sorry! Reading your story is living our nightmare all over again. I could have written everyone of your posts with a single change in pronoun. It is absolutely okay for you to block his texts and phone calls. He is trying to emotionally blackmail you. Don't let him. He can chose the right path and be safe and fed. If he does not make that choice, it is not up to you to take care of him. If he doesn't have a substance abuse problem then there is no reason he shouldn't be able to take care of himself. Remember that men and women his age are serving our country and putting their lives in danger every day. All he has to do is get a job and pay for his own food and housing. Of course, he will not be able to maintain a job if he is using but he has to find that out for himself. If you swoop in and rescue him you are just postponing the inevitable not to mention enabling his drug use in the meantime. I am not surprised to hear about the doctor in Florida. One doctor prescribed benzos for our daughter knowing that she was an addict that had abused benzos before. Unfortunately, that area of Florida has a lot of recovery resources but also has a lot of addicts and doctors that enable their addiction. I can't tell you how many times my daughter used the suicide threat, the homeless story, hunger, etc. to try to get us to give in and take care of her. It was only after my husband and I got strong enough to tell her that would be her life as long as she was using, that she finally got sober. Stay strong and keep posting. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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