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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 742460" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>Mentalcase - have to chuckle at your handle on here!</p><p></p><p>I feel like a mentalcase too at times.</p><p></p><p>I have turned my son's life over to God many times in the last seven years. Then I would take it back at times. Not smart and did not help.</p><p></p><p>I finally realized that I could not control THIS. This thing was way too big for me and I had to get out of the way.</p><p></p><p>I had to accept that my son may die from this disease. An almost impossible thing to do but once I did that the pain lessened for me.</p><p></p><p>I am so very thankful and blessed that he entered a faith based program 13 months ago. We forced it but he did stay. He knew he could not be close to us unless he changed. We wanted to be close to us which is what gave us power to force this. He needed long term for his brain to heal. Short term did not work for him. </p><p></p><p> He will graduate next weekend and return to live with us in a new home in a new state. God works in his own time and not on our time. That is one thing that I learned from this horrible experience.</p><p></p><p>My son is a changed man and I do hope and pray that he will be able to avoid temptation and "live a normal life" as he puts it. I know how heartbreaking it is to watch someone you love try to literally destroy themselves.</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/staystrong.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":staystrong:" title="staystrong :staystrong:" data-shortname=":staystrong:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/notalone.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":notalone:" title="notalone :notalone:" data-shortname=":notalone:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 742460, member: 15032"] Mentalcase - have to chuckle at your handle on here! I feel like a mentalcase too at times. I have turned my son's life over to God many times in the last seven years. Then I would take it back at times. Not smart and did not help. I finally realized that I could not control THIS. This thing was way too big for me and I had to get out of the way. I had to accept that my son may die from this disease. An almost impossible thing to do but once I did that the pain lessened for me. I am so very thankful and blessed that he entered a faith based program 13 months ago. We forced it but he did stay. He knew he could not be close to us unless he changed. We wanted to be close to us which is what gave us power to force this. He needed long term for his brain to heal. Short term did not work for him. He will graduate next weekend and return to live with us in a new home in a new state. God works in his own time and not on our time. That is one thing that I learned from this horrible experience. My son is a changed man and I do hope and pray that he will be able to avoid temptation and "live a normal life" as he puts it. I know how heartbreaking it is to watch someone you love try to literally destroy themselves. :staystrong::notalone: [/QUOTE]
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