Hallelujah, No more fear
get it, give it, grow in it
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calif coast
Posts: 3,167
Hallelujah, No more fear
I can love my son without fear... What a fabulous feeling
Today I am so very proud of him. Today is my birthday...
I have received the gift of a miracle.
My son moves into his own apartment August 31, 2009. He is financially independent with a full time job.
He 1st completed a one yr. inpatient program and now
today he completes the 6 mos. outpatient sober living program.
He did it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He successfully stayed for 18 mos. During this time he also finished 10 college courses.
I have my only child back; the one that I had been missing for the 7 years that he was using.
When he was only two, his dad and I divorced. For several yrs after
that I lived in fear that his dad would run away with him as he
threatened to do.
As my son's addiction progressed, I feared he would disappear
to the streets forever or die with the next overdose or suicide attempt.
But I prayed he wouldn't and I believed that he could recover.
I have hope that my son will make it.
It has been a journey; we've both taken this opportunity to blossom.
I continue to pray for all the addicts who still suffer.
Today I am so very proud of him. Today is my birthday...
I have received the gift of a miracle.
My son moves into his own apartment August 31, 2009. He is financially independent with a full time job.
He 1st completed a one yr. inpatient program and now
today he completes the 6 mos. outpatient sober living program.
He did it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He successfully stayed for 18 mos. During this time he also finished 10 college courses.
I have my only child back; the one that I had been missing for the 7 years that he was using.
When he was only two, his dad and I divorced. For several yrs after
that I lived in fear that his dad would run away with him as he
threatened to do.
As my son's addiction progressed, I feared he would disappear
to the streets forever or die with the next overdose or suicide attempt.
But I prayed he wouldn't and I believed that he could recover.
I have hope that my son will make it.
It has been a journey; we've both taken this opportunity to blossom.
I continue to pray for all the addicts who still suffer.
Nature Girl
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: By The Lake
Posts: 60,328
How wonderful for both of you, and thank you for bringing hope and light to all of us this morning. Miracles do happen and I am so glad that he got his.
And a very Happy Birthday to you, Spiritual Seeker, may the blessings of today be even more abundant through the coming year.
And a very Happy Birthday to you, Spiritual Seeker, may the blessings of today be even more abundant through the coming year.
I am so glad I saw this post this morning. It made me smile. So happy for you both!! Have a great day.
Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: homebased
Posts: 408
What a wonderful post!
I am so happy for you and your son
I heard a quote while listening to Ted Kennedy's funeral service regarding how we all are broken by life at times but when/if we recover we recover stronger in the broken places...
Happy Birthday to you!
Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 31,179
Happy Birthday, and what a wonderful present you got!!! Don't forget that you played a big part in his recovery...you let him find his bottom and find out it wasn't so great down there and he finally chose recovery. It couldn't have been easy watching your child fall and not picking him back up. You both have done an awesome job.
Hugs and prayers!
Amy
Hugs and prayers!
Amy
get it, give it, grow in it
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calif coast
Posts: 3,167
You're right Amy.
I am proud of myself too, for how I got busy learning with this experience and the part I have played.
Often, as in my case, we have to crash and burn before we are able to have a
spiritual awakening and know things in an alternate way.
My son's addiction allowed us both to hit bottom and work our way to a different way of living and seeing the world.
I am proud of myself too, for how I got busy learning with this experience and the part I have played.
Often, as in my case, we have to crash and burn before we are able to have a
spiritual awakening and know things in an alternate way.
My son's addiction allowed us both to hit bottom and work our way to a different way of living and seeing the world.
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