'When I was a very young woman I put myself through university working as a waitress. I drank heavily after work as a part of that lifestyle with co-workers. I was having fun (I thought). When I no longer was in that lifestyle I stopped drinking and drank only very moderately, if that.
I think each approach has its good merits, harm reduction and abstinence.
My son just called me. He will return to the big metro where he had been living before he came back here. He recognizes that this is not working. While he is casting this all as his wanting to protect us from the effects of his poor choices, I think that he truly wants to be homeless in the Metro.
He feels he has more support there and his life is better. He says he'll come back here when he has a plan. goals, and a way to handle the recurring problems. I think it's just he wants to leave. I have to accept it. What choice do I have?
