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12-23-2010, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by morelcabin
That is awesome! Congrats to you and your son! I have a son that went down that road too, into drug addiction. And guess what...I disowned him after dealing with alot of dangerous behavior for too many years. I know alot of people don't understand 'disowning' but it comes at great cost and many many many tears and sleepless nights. When your drug addicted son breaks into your home and ****edited**** just to show how much he disrespects you...are you going to go in there and give him a hug and tell him how much you love him? People have no idea what parents of these children go through
ANYWAY...I too am very happy to say that my son has also been clean for about a year now and will be home with all of us this Christmas for the first time in 8 years. And yes. we love him very very very much!
I am very happy to see that you and your son have come through this!
ANYWAY...I too am very happy to say that my son has also been clean for about a year now and will be home with all of us this Christmas for the first time in 8 years. And yes. we love him very very very much!
I am very happy to see that you and your son have come through this!
12-23-2010, 04:05 PM
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Several years ago, I wrote him a letter, a very blunt letter. We didn't speak for a couple of years. Then out of the blue I get a call. He is in jail and they took his kids.
He checked into rehab a couple of weeks after that.
I have no illusions about him staying clean, if he is strong enough he will stay that way. This whole ordeal with his kids shook him up. I do think he knows what is at stake.
Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement.
He checked into rehab a couple of weeks after that.
I have no illusions about him staying clean, if he is strong enough he will stay that way. This whole ordeal with his kids shook him up. I do think he knows what is at stake.
Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement.
12-23-2010, 04:17 PM
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I'm so happy for you. It will be nice when you can count his sobriety in years rather than months. My son has been sober for almost 3 years and I (and sometimes I think even he) can't believe how he has changed. Mike landed in the hospital and his doctors (5 of them!) told him if he took another drink he would be dead. His "real" friends were there for him and he's been lucky to have them because some other of his friends could only be his friend if he was drinking with them. I know that a life-changing event has to come about before these young men wake up. Thank God your son found out he has his kids to think of, not just himself. Good luck!
12-23-2010, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
Several years ago, I wrote him a letter, a very blunt letter. We didn't speak for a couple of years. Then out of the blue I get a call. He is in jail and they took his kids.
He checked into rehab a couple of weeks after that.
I have no illusions about him staying clean, if he is strong enough he will stay that way. This whole ordeal with his kids shook him up. I do think he knows what is at stake.
Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement.
He checked into rehab a couple of weeks after that.
I have no illusions about him staying clean, if he is strong enough he will stay that way. This whole ordeal with his kids shook him up. I do think he knows what is at stake.
Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement.
12-23-2010, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by morelcabin
Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
Several years ago, I wrote him a letter, a very blunt letter. We didn't speak for a couple of years. Then out of the blue I get a call. He is in jail and they took his kids.
He checked into rehab a couple of weeks after that.
I have no illusions about him staying clean, if he is strong enough he will stay that way. This whole ordeal with his kids shook him up. I do think he knows what is at stake.
Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement.
He checked into rehab a couple of weeks after that.
I have no illusions about him staying clean, if he is strong enough he will stay that way. This whole ordeal with his kids shook him up. I do think he knows what is at stake.
Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement.
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