Nothing really new to report at the moment. It's like the morning after a big thunderstorm. Everything is calm, with a little damage to clean up. My wife and I went to our support group on Tuesday night and our new situation was the hot topic of the night, with many of the other conversations going right back to it. Everybody was supportive, sympathetic, and reassured us that we are doing the right thing. On the home front, our house is a bit calmer with less worry, no locked doors, and knowing that our son is at the place that he will get the help that he needs. Word is starting to trickle out to his friends, some of whom have called us at home. We still need to get in touch with some of his NA people, including his sponsor. My wife and I have not yet made an attempt to get his room in order. We know he is in the right place and we are doing the right thing (and it may be the only thing that keeps him out of jail) but we have a huge hole in our hearts now because even if he comes out of this a better person, life in our house will never be the same.
On a negative note, we had no success this week keeping the article out of the town rag (paper). I picked up a copy last night at the local 7-11 and despite our best efforts the article made the front page. We don't care about us, and our son will never see the article. We are just trying to minimize the effect this will have on our younger son. The people in town that know us well will be supportive. The other 100 or so that know us will be supportive as well. The other 27,500 who don't know us I don't care about. Life will go on, obla-di obla-da.
Our first chance of visiting him will be next Monday, but we are going to pass. He has to begin to grow up and realize that mom and dad are not going to come running after him all the time. He is not 2 years old, he is 20 and needs to begin to stand up on his own. He also needs to work this program as hard as he can, because only positive progress reports to the prosecutor/judge will help him.
More in another day or so. Stay tuned.
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