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When did you hit your own rock bottom with difficult kid?
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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 705810" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>Great thread!!!</p><p></p><p>I think my rock bottom was when my son overdosed in June. This was after we had sent him to Florida to clean up his act and he seemed to be doing very well. I think I realized how serious his addiction was and that we, as loving and caring parents, had no way to fix this. I realized then that he really could die from this and for the first time REALLY realized that HE had to do this. We could not do it for him. He has to decide what type of person he wants to be and what kind of life he wants to live. He has said it and I have felt it but he has to really do it. </p><p></p><p>I knew I had to PROTECT my own heart. That is when I started going to therapy. I knew I was way in over my head and thankfully I was intuitive enough to realize that.</p><p></p><p>Flash forward six months. He is working 30 hours per week and is enrolled in one college class to get his feet wet. He is still out of state tuition so that is all we wanted to do at this time. We are giving him some financial support but he is also contributing and being more responsible than he ever has because he has some skin in the game. I KNOW he would not have grown at all as a person if he was home with us. Tried that so many times. </p><p></p><p>I still do not think he accepts his shortcomings but one day at a time is all I can say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 705810, member: 15032"] Great thread!!! I think my rock bottom was when my son overdosed in June. This was after we had sent him to Florida to clean up his act and he seemed to be doing very well. I think I realized how serious his addiction was and that we, as loving and caring parents, had no way to fix this. I realized then that he really could die from this and for the first time REALLY realized that HE had to do this. We could not do it for him. He has to decide what type of person he wants to be and what kind of life he wants to live. He has said it and I have felt it but he has to really do it. I knew I had to PROTECT my own heart. That is when I started going to therapy. I knew I was way in over my head and thankfully I was intuitive enough to realize that. Flash forward six months. He is working 30 hours per week and is enrolled in one college class to get his feet wet. He is still out of state tuition so that is all we wanted to do at this time. We are giving him some financial support but he is also contributing and being more responsible than he ever has because he has some skin in the game. I KNOW he would not have grown at all as a person if he was home with us. Tried that so many times. I still do not think he accepts his shortcomings but one day at a time is all I can say. [/QUOTE]
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