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<blockquote data-quote="lovemysons" data-source="post: 760036" data-attributes="member: 3305"><p>Dear Esther and Helpless...</p><p>Thank you both SO much for the support and care. </p><p></p><p>Esther, it was a difficult decision to make as my son and I are actually very close. We are made similarly...as we both have Bipolar disorder and also share talents and even like the same music. </p><p>And you’re right. We have tried everything else. This has been going on for too long now. </p><p>Son was around age 13 the first time we knew something was wrong...a neighbor came to us and told us they saw our son huffing a can of glade! Then came drug rehab, wilderness program, counseling, hospitalizations, Army (discharged for drug use) wife, children, prison, more hospitalization and ultimately homelessness. </p><p>We have put out SO much effort trying to save this one...but it is finally up to him. I am 54 now. Dear husband and I are both tired. We still have goals to reach...and unfortunately our son will endlessly use the time and resources we have left just going around in circles while drug use is always his end goal. This has to stop! We have to stop it because he won’t! </p><p></p><p>Helpless...I SO understand the sympathy you have for your son and the “victim trap”. I remember the first time I drove to the building that my son slept by and saw him sleeping there with my own eyes...I knew because of his latest incident at home then that I could not pick him up and bring him back home. Was one of the saddest nights of my life. </p><p></p><p>Late Friday night (this past week) my son left a voicemail on his father’s phone. He said, “I think I’m going to die tonight.” </p><p>We have not heard from him since.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovemysons, post: 760036, member: 3305"] Dear Esther and Helpless... Thank you both SO much for the support and care. Esther, it was a difficult decision to make as my son and I are actually very close. We are made similarly...as we both have Bipolar disorder and also share talents and even like the same music. And you’re right. We have tried everything else. This has been going on for too long now. Son was around age 13 the first time we knew something was wrong...a neighbor came to us and told us they saw our son huffing a can of glade! Then came drug rehab, wilderness program, counseling, hospitalizations, Army (discharged for drug use) wife, children, prison, more hospitalization and ultimately homelessness. We have put out SO much effort trying to save this one...but it is finally up to him. I am 54 now. Dear husband and I are both tired. We still have goals to reach...and unfortunately our son will endlessly use the time and resources we have left just going around in circles while drug use is always his end goal. This has to stop! We have to stop it because he won’t! Helpless...I SO understand the sympathy you have for your son and the “victim trap”. I remember the first time I drove to the building that my son slept by and saw him sleeping there with my own eyes...I knew because of his latest incident at home then that I could not pick him up and bring him back home. Was one of the saddest nights of my life. Late Friday night (this past week) my son left a voicemail on his father’s phone. He said, “I think I’m going to die tonight.” We have not heard from him since. [/QUOTE]
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