am i in the wrong place? looking for help for my son
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:41 pm
This is the first time I've gone onto a chat room for alcoholics. I'm looking for help for my son. He's 24, just lost his job and live-in girlfriend because of his drinking. His girlfriend filed a PFA on him so now he can't go back there to live. Now we found out he just got a DUI with a hearing coming up. He just got out of detox/rehab and proceeded to drink. So now with no job, girlfriend, apartment, money, he comes home to mom. Now I find out he's drinking the mouthwash and cold medicine for the alcohol. I love my son but I just can't have him living with me again. He's a nightmare living with him like this. I'm scared to go to work or the store or even to sleep at night for fear of what he's doing while I'm away. So what do I do? He's so depressed and cries and cries which I haven't seen him do for probably 15 years. He said he just wants to die. I'm so worried, all I do is pray. I don't want to find him dead. Everything is a mess in his life right now so of course he's depressed. And of course then he drinks and drinks until he can't function. People tell me I need to kick him out. But where would he go? It's cold and he has no one to go to. But I can't stand living like this and I'm not helping him by living here. Is there a place he can go?