irst thank you to all that have offered their words of support. It is truly amazing how many friends and readers have offered their kindness. We are in the first 48 hours and I have gotten numerous texts saying what a poor father I have been and how could I toss him to the streets. [...]
Having recently experienced yet another short relapse by my son, I wanted to jot down a few things that helped me over the past few months. Hopefully this share will help others.
Time will in fact tell, but for my recovery I need to stay in the “here and now”.
Sometimes doing nothing about a family member’s active addiction is doing more.
His drug of choice did not factor into the madness this time. However that factor is irrelevant. He relapsed; he is substituting one drug for another. His character flaws are as “Lit up “ as they were when he was injecting heroin.
He needs to refocus and dim the lights of relapse. He knows where the light switch is.