Hi Louise,
Our son came home after four years in the Navy and took over his room and started behaving like he did when he was a teen...slept all day & played all night. His Dad had had it after six months and told him he had to find his own place and get a job. He found a place and got a job the same day.
His life progressed with alcohol and some drugs two marriages, one divorce, & two kids later he drove way up in the hills.....got drunk...& drove his truck over a one hundred & fifty foot cliff and now is a quadraplegic.
I don't mean to scare anyone but this is what happened and some of his behavior relates to being in service during Desert Storm. He spends about half a year in the VA Hospital and half a year in his own home with caregivers coming in. He is 38 now.
We tried to help him as much as he would let us, knowing he was suicidal. I know I had to want to get sober for myself not anyone else and the more someone tried to help me or give me advice, the more I would drink.
I hope your son will go to treatment and get some help. You never know what or when it will click for him.
