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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 749518" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>For me there are different levels of candid.</p><p></p><p>Casual acquaintances know we have a son who is "working in X town" or "traveling" or "still searching," etc.</p><p></p><p>People I consider good friends have been around long enough to know our back story. They ask specifically how his recovery is going and know whether he's IN rehab or BETWEEN rehabs.</p><p></p><p>People I consider very close friends are the ones I can vent to. Still, they have a somewhat glossed-over version...as you said, generally not as deep as what the family knows and never as deep as the conversations I have with myself.</p><p></p><p>That level of honesty with close friends has backfired on me too -- some well-meaning close friends take it upon themselves to help "save" our son by offering suggestions we tried...oh...about 10 years ago and several times. Once, after my son walked away from his 3rd rehab and his father pulled him out of a meth house (twice, in one week), my best friend told me she was afraid my son was "maybe getting a little too involved with drugs." Gee, you think, Captain Obvious?!?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 749518, member: 17720"] For me there are different levels of candid. Casual acquaintances know we have a son who is "working in X town" or "traveling" or "still searching," etc. People I consider good friends have been around long enough to know our back story. They ask specifically how his recovery is going and know whether he's IN rehab or BETWEEN rehabs. People I consider very close friends are the ones I can vent to. Still, they have a somewhat glossed-over version...as you said, generally not as deep as what the family knows and never as deep as the conversations I have with myself. That level of honesty with close friends has backfired on me too -- some well-meaning close friends take it upon themselves to help "save" our son by offering suggestions we tried...oh...about 10 years ago and several times. Once, after my son walked away from his 3rd rehab and his father pulled him out of a meth house (twice, in one week), my best friend told me she was afraid my son was "maybe getting a little too involved with drugs." Gee, you think, Captain Obvious?!? [/QUOTE]
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