Thanks healingforme... Thanks for listening and responding. It helps to be able to come here and talk. I did hear back from him, we're both a bit calmer, and I tried to make it very clear that if I ever don't return a call, that he shouldn't assume it's b/c I don't want to talk to him. I reminded him that with a home phone, if I'm out... doing errands, out with friends, etc... it could be hours before I get the message, and if he gives me the wrong number, I'm stuck!

He's heading to a friend's to stay the night, he should be calling back one more time when he gets settled in, so that I can make sure he has my address, so he can write when he's back in jail.

We also talked again about him getting back to NA meetings, and I stressed how much I really want him to have local people who have been there that can support him and help walk him through situations. I forget how mentally "young" he is sometimes, and how he doesn't really have a lot of good life experience to help him figure out how to deal with day to day stuff. I really think having a sponsor, a sober support group, and a counselor of some sort (far-fetched at the moment, but it would be my hope for him) would do him a world of good.

Ugh... it's been a rotten winter, and this year is really not off to the best start!

Thanks for listening...