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<blockquote data-quote="Elsi" data-source="post: 742891" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p>Sadmom, as hard as this is, this may just be what has to happen. It has to end somewhere. It may be that an arrest is the wakeup call he needs. In any case, he is an adult, and making his own adult choices now. The best advice I can give you is to try to avoid the impulse to continue rescuing him from those choices. An arrest isn't the end of the world. A public defender instead of a fancy lawyer isn't the end of the world. A conviction isn't the end of the world. Court-mandated rehab isn't the end of the world. These are opportunities, for your son to learn from, or not. All of us here have done our best to try to teach our children. But some of our children can only be taught by the world. And the best thing we can do sometimes is to get out of the way and let that learning happen. I'm so sorry. I hope you're taking care of yourself now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elsi, post: 742891, member: 23349"] Sadmom, as hard as this is, this may just be what has to happen. It has to end somewhere. It may be that an arrest is the wakeup call he needs. In any case, he is an adult, and making his own adult choices now. The best advice I can give you is to try to avoid the impulse to continue rescuing him from those choices. An arrest isn't the end of the world. A public defender instead of a fancy lawyer isn't the end of the world. A conviction isn't the end of the world. Court-mandated rehab isn't the end of the world. These are opportunities, for your son to learn from, or not. All of us here have done our best to try to teach our children. But some of our children can only be taught by the world. And the best thing we can do sometimes is to get out of the way and let that learning happen. I'm so sorry. I hope you're taking care of yourself now. [/QUOTE]
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