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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 740177" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>So you have to look at your son's age and then not feel guilt. He is an adult. He is more than an adult. These are HIS choices. You love him but YOU cannot live his life for him.</p><p></p><p>I talked to an old friend last night. I knew that her nephew just died of a heroin overdose a few weeks ago but I did not know the details.</p><p></p><p>I found out last night that he died in his own bed. He was 26. His mother had worked the night shift at the ER and came home and slept for a bit and then went to check on him as she normally did and he was blue. She tried CPR but it was too late, he was already gone.</p><p></p><p>He had spent the summer in jail. He had been in rehab more than once.</p><p></p><p>She could not save him. He was not safe in his very own bedroom in his very own house.</p><p></p><p>Maybe, just maybe, if she had said NO and not let him live there and let him FEEL all of the consequences of his addiction, he may be with us today.</p><p></p><p>I certainly cannot or will not judge her. There is no room for judgement here.</p><p></p><p>I am just thankful that this was not my son. This could have been my son very easily - he drank and did benzos all the time. She loved him to death.</p><p></p><p>Don't feel guilty for not housing him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 740177, member: 15032"] So you have to look at your son's age and then not feel guilt. He is an adult. He is more than an adult. These are HIS choices. You love him but YOU cannot live his life for him. I talked to an old friend last night. I knew that her nephew just died of a heroin overdose a few weeks ago but I did not know the details. I found out last night that he died in his own bed. He was 26. His mother had worked the night shift at the ER and came home and slept for a bit and then went to check on him as she normally did and he was blue. She tried CPR but it was too late, he was already gone. He had spent the summer in jail. He had been in rehab more than once. She could not save him. He was not safe in his very own bedroom in his very own house. Maybe, just maybe, if she had said NO and not let him live there and let him FEEL all of the consequences of his addiction, he may be with us today. I certainly cannot or will not judge her. There is no room for judgement here. I am just thankful that this was not my son. This could have been my son very easily - he drank and did benzos all the time. She loved him to death. Don't feel guilty for not housing him. [/QUOTE]
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