My son is going to rehab today

I hope Son 2 really does get help he needs. I know he causes you great stress.
I would think him getting help would help wife. Sorry to hear the family is struggling.

My brother just relapsed again. If your son is going to treatment they will just force him to go to AA. Hopefully they can treat the underlying issue. Bi Polar disorder. The anxiety is likely just a branch of the mania. They need to hunker down on the mental illness. 

Sorry I was being so dramatic about our situation. Maybe I was having a bit of a panic attack when I first woke up. We have equity in our home, a little money saved and her retirement account. Won’t be in street if she loses her job in a week. Just took me a while to remember all this.
He has a new therapist and psychiatrist going into this program that will monitor his progress. From what I have heard they are better trained to deal with his conditions than the clowns he had before. The old psychiatrist would not give him anxiety meds because he had a pill problem a couple of decades ago. Seems the new one is considering the idea.

He does seem motivated to make progress. Very much so. There is hope. And the fact that he hasn’t committed suicide says a lot considering what he has been through.

Sorry to hear about your son an hope he gets the help he needs to get his life under control.
Don't know why your wife would fear losing her job, it's not her problem an she didn't cause it. But I kinda get it in these crazy days some places will use just about any excuse to fire someone.

I’ll explain her situation in a pm.  

He’s still here.  They have changed his time and location three times.  Now he is to go over 100 miles north of here tomorrow.  And of course we were pleased with facility he was to go to this afternoon.  But those fucking bastards that work with Medicaid hold all the cards.  

Since we talk about poop a lot here I am pleased to say I have made it and transferred onto the can 7 times today without an accident.  Had to take pills for constipation and I was literally full of shit.  It is a wonderful thing to have your bowels and bladder fucked up by damage to your spine.  

He called me high on 3 substances. Coke...benzos....opiates and of course hard booze. He is 57 and might be the most fit person i know at that age....but he thinks hes invincible. Hes gonna die from that mixture of bullshit. 

I would suggest you get to some al anon meetings. 

I take calm gummies all day every day. GABA also helps. Is he taking anxiety meds? He is treating depression and anxiety with a depressant so thats never good. Good muck man. 

Calm gummies are not weed. Its magnesium. He should be taking lots of Mag and GABA. 

No they are not. Just looked it up. Sold at Walmart.

Will look into it!