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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 744082" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>Trying.... you are stronger than you think!! I believe I am strong... and I probaby would have signed too. I think we all have to do what we have to do to....no judgement here. There are no clear answers. No right way. It is really hard when you are so far away and you are so helpless.....</p><p></p><p>So here is my question for you. What support are you getting for yourself beyond this board? Have you found some kind of live support group like alanon? I really think meeting other live parents who are going through this can make a huge difference. I will never forget the relief I felt when I went to my first alanon parents meeting. My son was 19 and in jail.... and I felt like it was the worst thing in the world. I walked into this meeting and met other people, nice people who also had kids with drug problems. I cried the whole meeting... but here were these people who were nice normal people with kids as screwed up as mine. It was like a load off my shoulders. It is 8 years later and my son is still a mess but I am a whole lot better and I am living and enjoying my life. I still go to that alanon meeting on a regular basis. It has probably helped me more than anything else.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 744082, member: 15801"] Trying.... you are stronger than you think!! I believe I am strong... and I probaby would have signed too. I think we all have to do what we have to do to....no judgement here. There are no clear answers. No right way. It is really hard when you are so far away and you are so helpless..... So here is my question for you. What support are you getting for yourself beyond this board? Have you found some kind of live support group like alanon? I really think meeting other live parents who are going through this can make a huge difference. I will never forget the relief I felt when I went to my first alanon parents meeting. My son was 19 and in jail.... and I felt like it was the worst thing in the world. I walked into this meeting and met other people, nice people who also had kids with drug problems. I cried the whole meeting... but here were these people who were nice normal people with kids as screwed up as mine. It was like a load off my shoulders. It is 8 years later and my son is still a mess but I am a whole lot better and I am living and enjoying my life. I still go to that alanon meeting on a regular basis. It has probably helped me more than anything else. TL [/QUOTE]
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