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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 725109" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>When we did an intervention and sent our daughter to a three month treatment program right before Christmas a few years ago, my younger daughter said it was the most peaceful Christmas we had in years. I was so focused on my troubled daughter, that I didn't realize how it was affecting my younger daughter. I let the older one's problems ruin the younger one's holidays for years.</p><p></p><p>Your son has not earned being with his family for Christmas. Listen to your husband and daughter . . . they deserve to be heard. If you absolutely feel that you need to see your son on Christmas, make plans to meet him somewhere by yourself. Maybe meet him for dessert and coffee.</p><p></p><p>Do you live in a very rural area? Have you gone to a Families Anonymous meeting or Al-Anon? You may be surprised at the resources out there that you don't know about. There are programs that will take homeless people or people with no money. You just have to work hard to find them.</p><p></p><p>By the way, my daughter used to use a job or promise of a job to keep me hooked. I would get my hopes up that this might be the turning point. Either she wouldn't get the job or would get it and then get fired very quickly. The truth is that if you son is actively using, any job he does get will not last.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 725109, member: 1967"] When we did an intervention and sent our daughter to a three month treatment program right before Christmas a few years ago, my younger daughter said it was the most peaceful Christmas we had in years. I was so focused on my troubled daughter, that I didn't realize how it was affecting my younger daughter. I let the older one's problems ruin the younger one's holidays for years. Your son has not earned being with his family for Christmas. Listen to your husband and daughter . . . they deserve to be heard. If you absolutely feel that you need to see your son on Christmas, make plans to meet him somewhere by yourself. Maybe meet him for dessert and coffee. Do you live in a very rural area? Have you gone to a Families Anonymous meeting or Al-Anon? You may be surprised at the resources out there that you don't know about. There are programs that will take homeless people or people with no money. You just have to work hard to find them. By the way, my daughter used to use a job or promise of a job to keep me hooked. I would get my hopes up that this might be the turning point. Either she wouldn't get the job or would get it and then get fired very quickly. The truth is that if you son is actively using, any job he does get will not last. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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