[mejules]

I am new to this forum but not new to being a mother of an addict. My son’s poison is alcohol. I think I was where you are 10 years ago, which I know won’t give you any solace as I am still his mum and still battling. Tonight I finally feel like giving up on him, but I have been there before and just cannot walk away. But I have learnt that sheilding them and giving them somewhere warm and safe to carry on with their addiction doesn’t help them. I have walked away so many times but cannot help but be there in his moments of absolute despair. I don’t know if I have to take that further step of completely walking away. I am sending you love and hugs. You know if you do tell him to leave, for your sakes and sanity, he will actually survive. Well that’s about 90% correct, it’s living with the 10% that is heartbreaking. I feel like I am being negative, but you both need to look at looking after yourselves. I just want to say I totally understand and get you. Being parents of a totally normal human being that’s taken over by substance abuse is just the worst thing. Just sending you so much love x

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