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<blockquote data-quote="MissLulu" data-source="post: 760974" data-attributes="member: 24721"><p>Thank you [USER=22416]@newstart[/USER] and [USER=15032]@RN0441[/USER] for your kind responses.</p><p></p><p>RN, your son's recovery and your attitude to him and yourself have brought comfort and inspiration to me for a long time, so thank you.</p><p>To be honest with you, I don't know if it will ever really be over for my family. My son's substance abuse is a by-product of his mental health issues, and of course, whilst he can choose to abstain from the drugs (and I really think and hope that he is!) the mental health issues will always be there.</p><p></p><p>I have hope though, and that's why I posted. My son goes in and out of treatment and on and off his medications. I'm not sure that will ever change. I do think that the positive behaviours - having meaningful work, maintaining his living space, having loving relationships and surrounding himself with other young people who display healthy behaviours - can only have a positive impact on his mental health.</p><p></p><p>I'm not confident that there will never be another issue with him. I guess the challenge for me is to accept that he is an adult and as such his issues are not my issues. It's a process, but I'm doing better than I was.</p><p></p><p>I mainly posted the update so that anyone reading along who feels as hopeless as I did when I first came here might feel like there is a possibility that things will get better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MissLulu, post: 760974, member: 24721"] Thank you [USER=22416]@newstart[/USER] and [USER=15032]@RN0441[/USER] for your kind responses. RN, your son's recovery and your attitude to him and yourself have brought comfort and inspiration to me for a long time, so thank you. To be honest with you, I don't know if it will ever really be over for my family. My son's substance abuse is a by-product of his mental health issues, and of course, whilst he can choose to abstain from the drugs (and I really think and hope that he is!) the mental health issues will always be there. I have hope though, and that's why I posted. My son goes in and out of treatment and on and off his medications. I'm not sure that will ever change. I do think that the positive behaviours - having meaningful work, maintaining his living space, having loving relationships and surrounding himself with other young people who display healthy behaviours - can only have a positive impact on his mental health. I'm not confident that there will never be another issue with him. I guess the challenge for me is to accept that he is an adult and as such his issues are not my issues. It's a process, but I'm doing better than I was. I mainly posted the update so that anyone reading along who feels as hopeless as I did when I first came here might feel like there is a possibility that things will get better. [/QUOTE]
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