Originally Posted by
dollydo 
Hi,
Sounds like you have a full plate. What are your teenage sons doing to help you?
Perhaps you can enlist them to give you a hand.
As for ABF and his family, I would recommend "Hands Off", this is his responsibility to speak to them.
Have you read Codependent No More? Great little book for "we" codies!
Keep posting, we are here for you.
I haven't read it. I'll have to hit Amazon. I just talked to him on the phone. He got his first "coin" apparently. He started talking about coming home when he was finished. I don't really want him to come home.
The kids are 12 & 15. My oldest is the most helpful, but he's staying with his grandparents for the summer now. He has a job at his uncle's feed store, and it's about 2 hours away.
Thanks everyone for all the kind words and advice.