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<blockquote data-quote="Sam3" data-source="post: 724752" data-attributes="member: 19290"><p>Message him that your conversations detract from your sense of well-being and that you are taking a break. Do not wait for a response. Turn off your computer and put down the smart devices. </p><p></p><p>Have a glass of wine and a bath. </p><p></p><p>Commit to a length of time that you will not read or respond to his communications. I suggest at least three weeks (which I’ve read is how long is needed to develop new habits). It may give you enough time to cycle through being sick with worry, grief and gaining some perspective </p><p></p><p>Evaluate whether your life is better or worse after that. A grown adult son should not be making your life worse with his choices and behavior. </p><p></p><p>Figure out whether and how you want him to remain in your life. And communicate those boundaries. </p><p></p><p>Sorry to be so definitive and blunt. But I believe if you do that, the exercise will speak for itself. </p><p></p><p>And no one will die. If you think one of you just might, in that span, then a sickness has set into your relationship and healing is needed anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sam3, post: 724752, member: 19290"] Message him that your conversations detract from your sense of well-being and that you are taking a break. Do not wait for a response. Turn off your computer and put down the smart devices. Have a glass of wine and a bath. Commit to a length of time that you will not read or respond to his communications. I suggest at least three weeks (which I’ve read is how long is needed to develop new habits). It may give you enough time to cycle through being sick with worry, grief and gaining some perspective Evaluate whether your life is better or worse after that. A grown adult son should not be making your life worse with his choices and behavior. Figure out whether and how you want him to remain in your life. And communicate those boundaries. Sorry to be so definitive and blunt. But I believe if you do that, the exercise will speak for itself. And no one will die. If you think one of you just might, in that span, then a sickness has set into your relationship and healing is needed anyway. [/QUOTE]
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