Part #3 of Series.

You need to understand that for your loved one to put you out and force you to fend for yourself is not being done because they hate you—what they hate are your actions and the choices you are making—what they hate is how you’re out-of-control life is taking down everyone around you. I know, I said many times of the choices I was making, “I’m doing this to myself, I’m a grown man, and I can do what I want, when I want.” But hear me now when I say that the choices we make can and do affect our loved ones. I can see now that I hurt my mom in many ways, when I read parts of her book; Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children, it’s sometimes painful to put myself in her shoes and see my life and my choices from her perspective.

It’s not an easy thing to let a person you love destroy their life—to watch addiction and other problems overtake them. If you have a loved one who is pushing you out of their life because it’s time for you to get a taste of the real world with no safety net, I beg you to listen to me. You need to step back and really look at the big picture and look at the pain you have caused your loved ones—and you have to stop it