Recently, my eldest son ended up back in detox and a 30 day rehab for a methadone and xanax addiction. He is actually doing quite well. Today however, he will be told that his family doesn't want him to come home at this time.....he has to go to a halfway house and get some clean time before coming home. No matter how old he is, what ails him and no matter what we have all been through for the last seven years........it hurts to have to break it to him. His counselor will be the one telling him today and then, I hope my son will call me when he gets the news. He assumed everything would be okay this time (again) but it isn't. This family has been torn apart, devastated by the hurricane an addict can cause. It has become the bumpiest roller coaster ride for all involved.
I pray (something I seldom do for I sometimes feel praying is like wishing and wishing just doesn't do it) my son finds the heart to forgive me for this decision _I have made for the sake of our family.