[Anonymous]

Thank you for your reply Sherry. I really appreciate your post. I am sorry that your daughter has taken this path and I truly understand the years of pain and torment you have suffered. It is hard to articulate to others how the choices of our children impact on us. When people say to me ‘he is your son, he needs you’ they have no idea how many times I have tried to help him and the support he has had from his family. I feel guilt and shame, have had anxiety and depression, and yet in the cold light of day I have to accept that these are his choices and it is not through lack of trying from my part that he is where he is now. I will be there if and when he needs me and will take your advice and live one day at a time. x