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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 758043" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>Miss Lulu </p><p></p><p>I can certainly understand why that story disturbed you. I really try to not watch much news anymore either. Between the violence, the politics and COVID it's just so depressing and I feel I cannot do anything to change any of it.</p><p></p><p>I remember when our son was using drugs, he was not HIMSELF and we were afraid of him at times when he was living in our home. One time he punched through his bedroom door because he took a gallon bottle of whiskey into his bedroom and had the door locked and we said no and he got mad. Those were horrible times. I really feel like he was possessed by the Devil at that time because everything was so out of control and scary. Nothing I mean nothing, made sense. </p><p></p><p>After we decided to relocate and our house sale fell through my husband slept in son's old bed for a few weeks to finish up things before he was to join me and he said one night he saw the Devil coming towards him in my son's room. He described it a kind of a floating Devil face. He was never so scared in his life. He pulled the covers up over his head and it went away. He still gets goosebumps when he talks about it. </p><p></p><p>When he was cleaning out the house he threw our son's bed out and found mildew all over the mattress from him throwing up and not telling anyone and it had dried on the mattress. </p><p></p><p>At the time this happened our son was already in his final faith based program that turned his life around. After dealing with our son and his addictions I came to the conclusion that there was good or evil. It was that simple. Everything good comes from God. We can surely see that there is so much evil in the world right now and this confirms everything that I have come to believe.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line for me is that we feel we want to save our children. That is such a normal feeling. But in the end we can only keep pointing them in the right direction and lead by example. They truly have to save themselves. Each of us have a very different journey in this life and no two are the same. I will never know why my son had to dip his toe in the depths of hell to come back to where he is today but it happened and there was nothing I could do about it at the time. He took us all with him unfortunately.</p><p></p><p>Stay strong and do what you need to do to stay sane. It really takes a toll on you, I know it did me. I know I will never be the same. I got through it by a lot of prayer, seeing a therapist that specialized in addiction and talking to very few friends - most didn't get it or felt sorry for me. Posting here was my lifeline. I think it is for many of us because here we all get it and we try to help one another by sharing our stories. Sometimes I would see myself in other's stories and I would get ideas or just get lifted up by knowing I wasn't the only one going through such a hard time in my life.</p><p></p><p>Stay strong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 758043, member: 15032"] Miss Lulu I can certainly understand why that story disturbed you. I really try to not watch much news anymore either. Between the violence, the politics and COVID it's just so depressing and I feel I cannot do anything to change any of it. I remember when our son was using drugs, he was not HIMSELF and we were afraid of him at times when he was living in our home. One time he punched through his bedroom door because he took a gallon bottle of whiskey into his bedroom and had the door locked and we said no and he got mad. Those were horrible times. I really feel like he was possessed by the Devil at that time because everything was so out of control and scary. Nothing I mean nothing, made sense. After we decided to relocate and our house sale fell through my husband slept in son's old bed for a few weeks to finish up things before he was to join me and he said one night he saw the Devil coming towards him in my son's room. He described it a kind of a floating Devil face. He was never so scared in his life. He pulled the covers up over his head and it went away. He still gets goosebumps when he talks about it. When he was cleaning out the house he threw our son's bed out and found mildew all over the mattress from him throwing up and not telling anyone and it had dried on the mattress. At the time this happened our son was already in his final faith based program that turned his life around. After dealing with our son and his addictions I came to the conclusion that there was good or evil. It was that simple. Everything good comes from God. We can surely see that there is so much evil in the world right now and this confirms everything that I have come to believe. The bottom line for me is that we feel we want to save our children. That is such a normal feeling. But in the end we can only keep pointing them in the right direction and lead by example. They truly have to save themselves. Each of us have a very different journey in this life and no two are the same. I will never know why my son had to dip his toe in the depths of hell to come back to where he is today but it happened and there was nothing I could do about it at the time. He took us all with him unfortunately. Stay strong and do what you need to do to stay sane. It really takes a toll on you, I know it did me. I know I will never be the same. I got through it by a lot of prayer, seeing a therapist that specialized in addiction and talking to very few friends - most didn't get it or felt sorry for me. Posting here was my lifeline. I think it is for many of us because here we all get it and we try to help one another by sharing our stories. Sometimes I would see myself in other's stories and I would get ideas or just get lifted up by knowing I wasn't the only one going through such a hard time in my life. Stay strong. [/QUOTE]
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