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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 731561" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>My son was in a sober living until a month ago.</p><p></p><p>There living with him was a 58 year old man on parole. He was a meth addict. Mike.</p><p></p><p>Mike is completing his a.a. degree. He plans on transferring to a major university. Until then he will work full time and save money. He wants a master's in psychology to be a therapist.</p><p></p><p>The sober living is free. Mike has support. A place to live. Food. From that base he can build whatever future he chooses to. And he is doing so.</p><p></p><p>There are resources. We are not those. We are their mothers.</p><p></p><p>Now I feel a little hypocritical because my son is living with us for right now. We have found he does better for now where he has accountability. And structure.</p><p></p><p>He is stepping up in a way he has not before. Baby steps. But I do not want this to go on much longer.</p><p></p><p>The difference I think is that your son has gotten himself back into the system. And he will have to get himself out. This is not a question of structure and support. It is a question of accountability to society and the law. He must be accountable and to be one hundred percent responsible.</p><p></p><p>I support how you see this. I see no role or place in this for a mother.</p><p></p><p>It is heartbreaking and disappointing to say the least. But it is not the end of the story. It is his job to write the next chapter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 731561, member: 18958"] My son was in a sober living until a month ago. There living with him was a 58 year old man on parole. He was a meth addict. Mike. Mike is completing his a.a. degree. He plans on transferring to a major university. Until then he will work full time and save money. He wants a master's in psychology to be a therapist. The sober living is free. Mike has support. A place to live. Food. From that base he can build whatever future he chooses to. And he is doing so. There are resources. We are not those. We are their mothers. Now I feel a little hypocritical because my son is living with us for right now. We have found he does better for now where he has accountability. And structure. He is stepping up in a way he has not before. Baby steps. But I do not want this to go on much longer. The difference I think is that your son has gotten himself back into the system. And he will have to get himself out. This is not a question of structure and support. It is a question of accountability to society and the law. He must be accountable and to be one hundred percent responsible. I support how you see this. I see no role or place in this for a mother. It is heartbreaking and disappointing to say the least. But it is not the end of the story. It is his job to write the next chapter. [/QUOTE]
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