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<blockquote data-quote="Be@peace" data-source="post: 766045" data-attributes="member: 33640"><p>This coming Wednesday, Sept. 25th, it will be 8 years since my homeless son died of a meth overdose.&nbsp; It is hard to believe that this much time has gone by already.&nbsp; We tried everything but, sadly, his addictions controlled him.&nbsp; Have a family member whose son has been in over 60 rehabs yet he still succumbs to his addiction.&nbsp; It's so hard for people who have never dealt with a homeless, addicted child to understand why/how we can not have them come home or find yet another rehab.&nbsp; Bottom line ( at least to the way I believe) is they have to want sobriety and that's totally up to them.&nbsp; As an old saying goes &quot;you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink&quot;.&nbsp; My heartfelt sympathies to everyone who is/has dealing with this.&nbsp; My personal consolation is &quot;he's in a better place&quot;.&nbsp; Life was always a struggle for him - ADHD, learning disabilities, Tourette syndrome, Bipolar and addictions.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Be@peace, post: 766045, member: 33640"] This coming Wednesday, Sept. 25th, it will be 8 years since my homeless son died of a meth overdose. It is hard to believe that this much time has gone by already. We tried everything but, sadly, his addictions controlled him. Have a family member whose son has been in over 60 rehabs yet he still succumbs to his addiction. It's so hard for people who have never dealt with a homeless, addicted child to understand why/how we can not have them come home or find yet another rehab. Bottom line ( at least to the way I believe) is they have to want sobriety and that's totally up to them. As an old saying goes "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink". My heartfelt sympathies to everyone who is/has dealing with this. My personal consolation is "he's in a better place". Life was always a struggle for him - ADHD, learning disabilities, Tourette syndrome, Bipolar and addictions. [/QUOTE]

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