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<blockquote data-quote="Tired Mom" data-source="post: 704188" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p>RN thanks for asking my son is doing OK. We are literally still taking it one day at a time. He had an incident where he met girl and was going out all of the time very late and we knew something was wrong. We hit a breaking point where one night he said would be home by Midnight didn't come home wouldn't answer his phone and then showed up at 5:00AM without the car. He was obviously intoxicated we made him show us where the car was and it was several blocks away with a flat tire. At that point we told him it had to stop that there wasn't a point in getting mad he either had to stop or leave. He was silently angry for a few days but hasn't gone out now for about two months. Last Friday he had a car accident on the way home from work. I got so worked up when he sent me the text but in this case it wasn't his fault, when we got there he called the police though other people didn't want him to and he was completely sober.</p><p></p><p>I try to really soak in the good days. I am almost certain my son has some undiagnosed mental illness. His social skills are very low and he has a completely addictive personality. Prior to our breaking point I found evidence that he had gone gambling and spent $2K on one day and I thought cr** another addiction to add to everything else. I have a general sadness when I think about him. I am almost certain a day will come where something will happen and we will have to kick him out. I wish he would be open to getting mental health help.</p><p></p><p>The most positive things is that he is still at the same job for about a year and a half now. His bosses are overall happy with him and he works about 50 hours a week. He enjoys his job. The other sort of good thing is that he is almost addicted to working out in his free time. I can live with this addiction he goes to the Y about the same times in general as my husband so they interact a little and I know he is safe during his time of working out.</p><p></p><p>How are things for you and your son?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tired Mom, post: 704188, member: 18222"] RN thanks for asking my son is doing OK. We are literally still taking it one day at a time. He had an incident where he met girl and was going out all of the time very late and we knew something was wrong. We hit a breaking point where one night he said would be home by Midnight didn't come home wouldn't answer his phone and then showed up at 5:00AM without the car. He was obviously intoxicated we made him show us where the car was and it was several blocks away with a flat tire. At that point we told him it had to stop that there wasn't a point in getting mad he either had to stop or leave. He was silently angry for a few days but hasn't gone out now for about two months. Last Friday he had a car accident on the way home from work. I got so worked up when he sent me the text but in this case it wasn't his fault, when we got there he called the police though other people didn't want him to and he was completely sober. I try to really soak in the good days. I am almost certain my son has some undiagnosed mental illness. His social skills are very low and he has a completely addictive personality. Prior to our breaking point I found evidence that he had gone gambling and spent $2K on one day and I thought cr** another addiction to add to everything else. I have a general sadness when I think about him. I am almost certain a day will come where something will happen and we will have to kick him out. I wish he would be open to getting mental health help. The most positive things is that he is still at the same job for about a year and a half now. His bosses are overall happy with him and he works about 50 hours a week. He enjoys his job. The other sort of good thing is that he is almost addicted to working out in his free time. I can live with this addiction he goes to the Y about the same times in general as my husband so they interact a little and I know he is safe during his time of working out. How are things for you and your son? [/QUOTE]
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