Bump, that’s such good news, I’m really happy for you that your son is engaging with services and doing so well. I hope you’re long Covid is improving. I am sure all of the stress hasn’t helped.
Jenny, it’s really good to hear about your son and his training. I think they stand a much better chance if they’ve got a reason to get up each day.
Lindyloo – I’m sure your son’s just had a hiccup, it sounds like he’s got straight back on it. I really hope he keeps moving forward.
My news isn’t so good but I am encouraged by other’s more positive updates. After a few months of not really knowing what is going on and driving myself mad, I finally found out that my son has relapsed and is back on heroin. I’m so sad for him because he got through withdrawals and months of insomnia and now he is back there at the mercy of a horrible poison. He is thin and looks very unwell. I am trying to be positive but right now he doesn’t have enough motivation to start the process of getting clean again. I caught him with a small package in the post and got him to open it in front of me. It was bad for both of us, he cried and I just tried to stay calm so that he would talk about what was going on. I just feel so sad for him, for all of our boys and for all of us. I’m finding it hard to hold it together at work or even to care about much else that’s going on. It’s a tough one to accept that only he can do this – very hard to watch.
Thinking of everyone on this thread, I hope everyone has a bit of a break over the bank holiday.