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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 723117" data-attributes="member: 18958">part 3and then he called to tell me he had reached out to another treatment program (where he had been before)okay.first i recognize that one, i called him as in bluff--my mother was a great poker player. me? horrible.. and i got out of the way..this was poker and martial arts acting in concert.i told him to leave. indirectly.&nbsp; .that i agreed with him that he deserved autonomy and respect. he deserves compassion and understanding.and so do i. that each of us is flawed and trying. and that this is the human condition. and that our commitment to each other is because we are a family and makes us a family, our love and capacitty to grow as people is what familys do. as well as calling each other on our shxt. and that nobody here is made in the shade. not him. me or m.there was back and forth. not just me pontificating. which i am wont to do. sorry.i see he was cornered. but i also acknowledge that instead of telling him from a power pisition, making him wrong, i&nbsp; gave him the opportunity and support to choose better and stand up for himself. not against me but within himself..i do not think there is any sure thing. i feel humble. i am praying.i lost part 2. ps i found it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 723117, member: 18958"] part 3 and then he called to tell me he had reached out to another treatment program (where he had been before) okay. first i recognize that one, i called him as in bluff--my mother was a great poker player. me? horrible.. and i got out of the way..this was poker and martial arts acting in concert. i told him to leave. indirectly. .that i agreed with him that he deserved autonomy and respect. he deserves compassion and understanding. and so do i. that each of us is flawed and trying. and that this is the human condition. and that our commitment to each other is because we are a family and makes us a family, our love and capacitty to grow as people is what familys do. as well as calling each other on our shxt. and that nobody here is made in the shade. not him. me or m. there was back and forth. not just me pontificating. which i am wont to do. sorry. i see he was cornered. but i also acknowledge that instead of telling him from a power pisition, making him wrong, i gave him the opportunity and support to choose better and stand up for himself. not against me but within himself.. i do not think there is any sure thing. i feel humble. i am praying. i lost part 2. ps i found it. [/QUOTE]

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