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<blockquote data-quote="So Very Drained" data-source="post: 766403" data-attributes="member: 33830">How. Please tell me how you do it.&nbsp; How do you let your adult child (mine is a 41 year old male) go after everything you've done to help?&nbsp; After all the times the bottom hasn't been the bottom?&nbsp; After years of him being homeless in the dead of winter, losing custody of his first child, now has shared custody of a second child, is working but can't be trusted with his or my money - and just today let's me know he's probably okay in his hotel room until Christmas but will have to leave it after that?&nbsp; You can't imagine the thousands of dollars I have spent to get him through his divorce and to not losing total custody of his current child - and here we are again.&nbsp; He &quot;borrows&quot; but ends up not paying it back and admitting that means he stole from me.&nbsp; Makes promises and doesn't follow through.&nbsp; No drug addiction but had a brain injury when he was 15 years old and seizures started in his early 20's - controlled by medications.&nbsp; I've tried every group for him.&nbsp; Disability. Shelters.&nbsp; Programs. NAMI.&nbsp; He's lived with me off and own over the years but no more - ever.&nbsp; He now lives in another state.&nbsp; And here we go again.&nbsp; He's smart as a whip.&nbsp; Manipulative. Knows exactly where my guilt button is.&nbsp; I am beside myself.&nbsp; And so very very very tired of this.&nbsp; I am a 66 year old Mom still working and still heartbroken as hell.&nbsp; There isn't an anti depressant strong enough for this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="So Very Drained, post: 766403, member: 33830"] How. Please tell me how you do it. How do you let your adult child (mine is a 41 year old male) go after everything you've done to help? After all the times the bottom hasn't been the bottom? After years of him being homeless in the dead of winter, losing custody of his first child, now has shared custody of a second child, is working but can't be trusted with his or my money - and just today let's me know he's probably okay in his hotel room until Christmas but will have to leave it after that? You can't imagine the [B]thousands[/B] of dollars I have spent to get him through his divorce and to not losing total custody of his current child - and here we are again. He "borrows" but ends up not paying it back and admitting that means he stole from me. Makes promises and doesn't follow through. No drug addiction but had a brain injury when he was 15 years old and seizures started in his early 20's - controlled by medications. I've tried every group for him. Disability. Shelters. Programs. NAMI. He's lived with me off and own over the years but no more - ever. He now lives in another state. And here we go again. He's smart as a whip. Manipulative. Knows exactly where my guilt button is. I am beside myself. And so very very very tired of this. I am a 66 year old Mom still working and still heartbroken as hell. There isn't an anti depressant strong enough for this. [/QUOTE]

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