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worst nightmare confirmed,every criminal has a mother
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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 631384" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>Worried Mom, I am so sorry. I know how upsetting all of this is. It turns your world upside down and it seems like it is never-ending.</p><p></p><p>I hope you have begun working your own program of recovery. Please get to an Al-Anon meeting as soon as you can, either in person online.</p><p></p><p>Please get out and read your books---Codependent No More, Al-Anon devotionals and any other materials you have started to collect. </p><p></p><p>Then, write down all of your thoughts and feelings. </p><p></p><p>Allow yourself to cry and grieve.</p><p></p><p>Then, after some time has passed, and you are feeling stronger, go on about your daily life. Take care of your daughter, get some flowers for the kitchen table, say the Serenity Prayer over and over, take a nap and talk a walk.</p><p></p><p>Your son is in the dark throes of his addiction and the scary, dangerous life he is choosing to lead. He will have to deal with the consequences, whatever they are. You can't do it for him and you can't save him.</p><p></p><p>As I am sure you are discovering, the best place for him---after a treatment program----is jail. At least there he can't continue to break the law and take drugs, and there he is safe from others who live the life he does.</p><p></p><p>Again, like we say over and over on this board: You must work on yourself, and little by little you will be able to let him go.</p><p></p><p>We know it's so hard because we have been there done that. It's still hard. </p><p></p><p>I wish you peace and contentment, joy and serenity. Hang in there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 631384, member: 17542"] Worried Mom, I am so sorry. I know how upsetting all of this is. It turns your world upside down and it seems like it is never-ending. I hope you have begun working your own program of recovery. Please get to an Al-Anon meeting as soon as you can, either in person online. Please get out and read your books---Codependent No More, Al-Anon devotionals and any other materials you have started to collect. Then, write down all of your thoughts and feelings. Allow yourself to cry and grieve. Then, after some time has passed, and you are feeling stronger, go on about your daily life. Take care of your daughter, get some flowers for the kitchen table, say the Serenity Prayer over and over, take a nap and talk a walk. Your son is in the dark throes of his addiction and the scary, dangerous life he is choosing to lead. He will have to deal with the consequences, whatever they are. You can't do it for him and you can't save him. As I am sure you are discovering, the best place for him---after a treatment program----is jail. At least there he can't continue to break the law and take drugs, and there he is safe from others who live the life he does. Again, like we say over and over on this board: You must work on yourself, and little by little you will be able to let him go. We know it's so hard because we have been there done that. It's still hard. I wish you peace and contentment, joy and serenity. Hang in there. [/QUOTE]
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