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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 755675" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>Say what you need to say to your son and don't worry about how he will take it.</p><p></p><p>I did. I never felt like anything I said or did made a difference. But I found out that he heard me. He heard me loud and clear. Not sure if it changed anything but we were so very close before this happened to him/to us. I had to get it out and I really don't have any regrets or guilt on how I handled things. I turned my back on him for a few years and let my husband deal with him. I had to do that for myself. I had to detach because I simply could not bear the pain that he was putting me through watching him destroy himself. I had to let go. I used all of my energy to pray for him every day and I honestly think I was silently praying all the time. I'd wake up in the night and pray. I had done everything else. I wish I had done that first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 755675, member: 15032"] Say what you need to say to your son and don't worry about how he will take it. I did. I never felt like anything I said or did made a difference. But I found out that he heard me. He heard me loud and clear. Not sure if it changed anything but we were so very close before this happened to him/to us. I had to get it out and I really don't have any regrets or guilt on how I handled things. I turned my back on him for a few years and let my husband deal with him. I had to do that for myself. I had to detach because I simply could not bear the pain that he was putting me through watching him destroy himself. I had to let go. I used all of my energy to pray for him every day and I honestly think I was silently praying all the time. I'd wake up in the night and pray. I had done everything else. I wish I had done that first. [/QUOTE]
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