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I havent been on much....but I think of all of you often and the difficulties we all face. I have been thinking about these two things lately. When I first came to this site years ago my son was homeless and about 19 and I had hopes that tough love (hence my name) would help him get his act...

Oh Ugh. I hate this roller coaster we are all on!! So we got a call from my son last night. He had walked out of the detox he was at!! Thought he was physically detoxed at this point, and there were some things going on there that triggered a lot of feelings.....who really knows! I am...

Arghhh..... So I found out more today. There was a bed at a detox center yesterday but my son felt he needed to go to the hospital. He was probably feeling pretty sick. So they took him to the hospital where they stabalized him medically and kept him overnight. Today he, with the help of the...

Well I got a call from the program my son is in today. This program has been really great and gives us a lot of peace of mind. They work with people where they are when they are not in the residential program. My son and I had a text conversation thurs night after he reached out to me. He was...

with my daughter. The daughter who has it together and is doing really well in her life. I met with her today for breakfast. I was talking about her grandparents (my inlaws) and made some comment about seeing them. She doesnt really care for them much and doesnt like the family gatherings...

This came through on my facebook feed from David Sheff who wrote Beautiful Boy. It really resonated with me and is the view I have come to over the years. Thought I would share. TL "I did what they told me. 'He has to hit bottom.' 'You gotta practice tough love.' I said I can't help you and...

Copa asked me on another friend for an update.... I have been checking the site on and off to try and keep up to date.....but have not been as regular here..... Mostly because I am doing my best to keep living my life and not focus on the issues with my son. My son is doing ok.....he has been...

So as you may remember my son is in this wonderful program that is really dual diagnosis mental health and substance abuse. It is a different model than most.... he is in their outpatient program and they continue to work with them where they are even if they relapse etc...... so one of the...

So we are away visiting my inlaws. I didnt have my phone with me so my son called my husband asking for something. We hadnt discussed it with my son but my husband and I had agreed to hold back some after his behavior after the vape/bake shop incident. So my husband told him no... my son got...

Copa wrote in another thread started by Trying..... “If you are worried about YOU FEELING LIKE YOU ARE ABANDONING HIM, that is a different thing all together. You could tell him. I am pulling back, because that is what is good for you right now. Know that I love you with all my heart. And pull...

Ugh.... sometimes my son drives me nuts!! And there is a small amusing piece here too.... you have to see the funny stuff in this life we live. So yesterday my son called and told me he had an interview today with a bake shop..... great! I thought gosh he might like working at a bakery, he...

Hi Everyone, So I thought I would wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.... and even though today I am pretty worried about my son there are many things I am thankful for and so I thought today I would also thing about those things. So I am thankful that... My son is still alive... My son is in...

Hi all, Its been a while since I wrote. I have been going along living my life..... my son has been up and down. He is involved in this great program which I am incredibly thankful for because I love thier model which is different than any other program he has ever been in. It really is dual...

I had a wonderful trip to Africa! I have decided the elephant is truly my favorite animal because they are the best mothers. They really take care of and protect their young like no other! And my son did fine. None of the terrible things I worried about happening happened. We got no panic...

Hi all So I got a message from my son last night. I have been so hopeful because he has had this job for 3 weeks liked it was doing well, the hours were great for him. They started training him to drive the forklift and he crashed into something. Sounds like he overcorrected but they let him...

Hi Everyone, So I have been thinking about various things, various threads, various ideas out there lately. One idea out there, that clearly works in some cases, is the idea that they have to reach bottom.... and that somehow we can help them reach bottom. Well I now think they may reach...

So not sure if this is a problem just for me or if it is a problem in general but when I tried to go to the site via the App on my phone or ipad I get an error liscense expired!! So not sure what that means or how to fix it. I wasnt even sure where to post this... but this seemed like the best...

OK my turn to post. Ugh. I have gotten these calls before... actually more than once.... since he was in high school. The last one was a couple of months ago.... but the call is some girl he knows, usually on FB who gets in touch with me because he is threatening to harm himself and she is...

So I have been thinking about this issue lately. My son has been in many rehabs and has been through this process several times. He has done residential treatment, done well, gone to sober living... relapses and gets kicked out. He has gone to IOPs, relapsed and been kicked out. I know some...

Well we had a good and interesting meeting with my son and the treatment team at the outpatient program he is in. It was good because first we talked about his strengths which I he and they came up with a lot of good ones. We also talked about his state of change in both mental health issues...