Let's ALL do the Al Anon Waltz - (STEPS) one, two, three ... ONE, two, three.... I'm right there with you ladies. and I am almost always at Step one no matter where else I am.
MY SS (sober but not necessarily sober thinking) just moved into an apartment. He has a decent job but no extra $$ to speak of and a 30 yr old car that is held together with duct tape and bailing wire. He needs to borrow CAT litter for his cats (I kid you not.. this stuff is just too good to make up) but yet he just came home all excited because the local GottaHaveItNow Store financed a $2,000 42 inch flat screen HD LCD (and other letters I don't know the meaning of) for ONLY $200 a month for a year! WHAT a deal. I couldn't help myself... I asked but what about getting another more reliable car??? to which he answered it won't be winter much longer mom, and that car is ok in the springtime...
I want to shake him and ask him what he is thinking... but then I remember he's 25 yrs old and living his own life with his own priorities and his own choices/consequences.
and borrowing cat litter.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH