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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 283952" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I honestly and truly think and intervention might be EXACTLY what is needed.</p><p></p><p>I think your husband and sober kids and family members and friends should gather to give YOU an intervention.</p><p></p><p>Many of us have told you many times that NOTHING is going to fix your son or change his behaviors. Even if he DID agree to treatment he still wouldn't work the program.</p><p></p><p>Why? Because HE LIKES HIS LIFE AS IT IS NOW!</p><p></p><p>Whether or not YOU like his life is just not a factor. What you want for him is totally and completely irrelevant.</p><p></p><p>You have gotten this advice every couple of weeks for many many months now. It is time to find a psychiatrist (with the md) to prescribe some heavy duty medications to help you deal with your obsession with your adult child.</p><p></p><p>You have truly descended into what sure lookes like obsession and compulsion. There truly are medications and therapy and other treatment options that will help you. They won't get your difficult child off of drugs, but they will help you not obsess about him.</p><p></p><p>It just isn't healthy to have these thoughts keep intruding on your life the way they are. It isn't healthy for anyone in your family to obsess about adult difficult child. </p><p></p><p>The ONLY calls you need to make are to a psychiatrist to get some real help via medication and assessment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a therapist you see at least 1 time a week (and you need to see this person for quite a long time, not just a session or two. You also need to call and have your son's number blocked from your phones. </p><p></p><p>You may even need some inpatient help dealing with this. It is way past the point that you needed to get intense help. </p><p></p><p>I know you are stuck, and am not angry at you or disappointed in you. This is YOUR mental illness that you keep addressing, NOT your son's drug use. THe drug use is just the vehicle for the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 283952, member: 1233"] I honestly and truly think and intervention might be EXACTLY what is needed. I think your husband and sober kids and family members and friends should gather to give YOU an intervention. Many of us have told you many times that NOTHING is going to fix your son or change his behaviors. Even if he DID agree to treatment he still wouldn't work the program. Why? Because HE LIKES HIS LIFE AS IT IS NOW! Whether or not YOU like his life is just not a factor. What you want for him is totally and completely irrelevant. You have gotten this advice every couple of weeks for many many months now. It is time to find a psychiatrist (with the md) to prescribe some heavy duty medications to help you deal with your obsession with your adult child. You have truly descended into what sure lookes like obsession and compulsion. There truly are medications and therapy and other treatment options that will help you. They won't get your difficult child off of drugs, but they will help you not obsess about him. It just isn't healthy to have these thoughts keep intruding on your life the way they are. It isn't healthy for anyone in your family to obsess about adult difficult child. The ONLY calls you need to make are to a psychiatrist to get some real help via medication and assessment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a therapist you see at least 1 time a week (and you need to see this person for quite a long time, not just a session or two. You also need to call and have your son's number blocked from your phones. You may even need some inpatient help dealing with this. It is way past the point that you needed to get intense help. I know you are stuck, and am not angry at you or disappointed in you. This is YOUR mental illness that you keep addressing, NOT your son's drug use. THe drug use is just the vehicle for the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). [/QUOTE]
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