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39 year old homeless son
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<blockquote data-quote="Terry-overwhelmed" data-source="post: 752296" data-attributes="member: 24359"><p>Thank you so much for replying. I really needed to read something to help ease my pain. I too, feel like someone died. I haven't really slept in days and I am just going through the motions. I have the grands to think of. I slept 1 hour last night and booked a hotel room for my son for a few nights so I wont be so stressed. I really dont know how everyone deals with their homeless child. I feel so hopeless and so sad. He texted me he was riding the trains. I just cant bear it. If he can’t be a responsible adult for his kids, can he ever be? Do you ladies think he has a drug addiction, lazy or a combination of both? I really have to try to figure out a way to get through this. Then what happens after the hotel stay? Do I try to get him a one room shared house for a month and hope his homelessness gets him motivated enough to work full time? He has never really been homeless before. How does a homeless person jump back into the mainstream without help? I hear the shelters are worse than sleeping in the parks. We live in New York so there are not forests to sleep in. Thanks everyone who has replied because I really need some reassurance that I am doing what I should be doing! He is working at a seasonal position until this Sunday and that job ends too. He will really have no money now. I keep thinking why am I going through this and why hasn’t my son done the right thing after all these years? I am mentally exhausted and I have to pretend everything is ok when I go to open school house tonight. So not in the mood to pretend but thats what I do best. If they only knew how much I hurt inside. If anyone can give me pointers on how to help him without being an enabler please share. I know I have a long road ahead of me. So glad I found this group</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Terry-overwhelmed, post: 752296, member: 24359"] Thank you so much for replying. I really needed to read something to help ease my pain. I too, feel like someone died. I haven't really slept in days and I am just going through the motions. I have the grands to think of. I slept 1 hour last night and booked a hotel room for my son for a few nights so I wont be so stressed. I really dont know how everyone deals with their homeless child. I feel so hopeless and so sad. He texted me he was riding the trains. I just cant bear it. If he can’t be a responsible adult for his kids, can he ever be? Do you ladies think he has a drug addiction, lazy or a combination of both? I really have to try to figure out a way to get through this. Then what happens after the hotel stay? Do I try to get him a one room shared house for a month and hope his homelessness gets him motivated enough to work full time? He has never really been homeless before. How does a homeless person jump back into the mainstream without help? I hear the shelters are worse than sleeping in the parks. We live in New York so there are not forests to sleep in. Thanks everyone who has replied because I really need some reassurance that I am doing what I should be doing! He is working at a seasonal position until this Sunday and that job ends too. He will really have no money now. I keep thinking why am I going through this and why hasn’t my son done the right thing after all these years? I am mentally exhausted and I have to pretend everything is ok when I go to open school house tonight. So not in the mood to pretend but thats what I do best. If they only knew how much I hurt inside. If anyone can give me pointers on how to help him without being an enabler please share. I know I have a long road ahead of me. So glad I found this group [/QUOTE]
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