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What do you do when you put adult son in rehab with their bills?
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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 728542" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>YOU nor his girlfriend can stop him from drinking. You are trying to control the situation from 1300 miles away. That is literally impossible.</p><p></p><p>We are mothers but we cannot live our children's lives for them. I know you are very worried, I would be too but in reality he has to figure this out for himself.</p><p></p><p>I had to accept at some point that my son could die from his addiction before he got help. That was a very hard thing for me to accept but once I did accept it, it made me stronger. My son still could die from his addiction although he has been sober for five months and is in a long term faith based program.</p><p></p><p>Most people that abuse substances have to hit rock bottom or close to it before they can decide to change their lives which means that things have to get worse before they can get better. Maybe his girlfriend leaving him will be what he needs to truly get sober for good.</p><p></p><p>By you making yourself sick with worry it will not help him at all, and will certainly not help you.</p><p></p><p>I realize you need to do what you need to do to be okay with all of this. I just wanted to offer my support and give you a few things to think about that helped me.</p><p></p><p>We are here for you and we do get it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 728542, member: 15032"] YOU nor his girlfriend can stop him from drinking. You are trying to control the situation from 1300 miles away. That is literally impossible. We are mothers but we cannot live our children's lives for them. I know you are very worried, I would be too but in reality he has to figure this out for himself. I had to accept at some point that my son could die from his addiction before he got help. That was a very hard thing for me to accept but once I did accept it, it made me stronger. My son still could die from his addiction although he has been sober for five months and is in a long term faith based program. Most people that abuse substances have to hit rock bottom or close to it before they can decide to change their lives which means that things have to get worse before they can get better. Maybe his girlfriend leaving him will be what he needs to truly get sober for good. By you making yourself sick with worry it will not help him at all, and will certainly not help you. I realize you need to do what you need to do to be okay with all of this. I just wanted to offer my support and give you a few things to think about that helped me. We are here for you and we do get it. [/QUOTE]
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