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Update on son- The cycle continues
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 762757" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi. Good for you for not responding to his frantic texts. You gave yourself a break! As for jail, yes, it's not the streets plus he will be sober and have lots of time to think. I believe NA meetings are offered but maybe not everywhere. And he would have to want to go.</p><p></p><p>Your son is very young with a chance to turn it around early. Or not. It has always been up to him only. Hopefully this will help him decide to change. In Nar Anon I have heard stories about jail that are all over the board. There is no way to predict an effect. We, as more normal thinking people, tend to use logic about our addicts...."If it just gets bad enough, surely he/she will finally quit"....but the disease of addiction is an illness and is not logical. I have learned not to have any expectations. None. Should and would are no longer part of my vocabulary. There is only now. I have no crystal ball. I also stopped asking myself why. I doubt even Kay truly knows why she is like she is. I will never know why and that's okay.</p><p></p><p> I live by "Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery. There is only today." I have this hung on my refrigerator.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully your son will decide he has had enough of himself and will stop blaming other people, his upbringing, his karma.... on his bad situation. His mind won't be fogged by drugs. He has a chance to figure it out. Or not. Either way, it is HIS problem to fix.</p><p></p><p>Prayers and hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 762757, member: 1550"] Hi. Good for you for not responding to his frantic texts. You gave yourself a break! As for jail, yes, it's not the streets plus he will be sober and have lots of time to think. I believe NA meetings are offered but maybe not everywhere. And he would have to want to go. Your son is very young with a chance to turn it around early. Or not. It has always been up to him only. Hopefully this will help him decide to change. In Nar Anon I have heard stories about jail that are all over the board. There is no way to predict an effect. We, as more normal thinking people, tend to use logic about our addicts...."If it just gets bad enough, surely he/she will finally quit"....but the disease of addiction is an illness and is not logical. I have learned not to have any expectations. None. Should and would are no longer part of my vocabulary. There is only now. I have no crystal ball. I also stopped asking myself why. I doubt even Kay truly knows why she is like she is. I will never know why and that's okay. I live by "Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery. There is only today." I have this hung on my refrigerator. Hopefully your son will decide he has had enough of himself and will stop blaming other people, his upbringing, his karma.... on his bad situation. His mind won't be fogged by drugs. He has a chance to figure it out. Or not. Either way, it is HIS problem to fix. Prayers and hugs. [/QUOTE]
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