I was almost in the same place as you are. I know the feeling.
My son had a drug problem and the druggie mentality. Thank goodness the rehab, three months, and the halfway house, one year, took.
The second time he was arrested we went down and told the officer that we would like to pick him up the next day. He told us that they had only one cell and the other person in it was wanted for murder, and that it worried him. (Of course because of laws he had to say that in a careful way that took five minutes.) We had to take him home that night. He got way more community service hours that he had dreamed was possible. Problem was, he enjoyed the community service. What a mix of personalities at that time.
We got lucky, he joined the Marines and spent 12 years there right from the halfway house. He came out a far better man. He has grown since then and just graduated from college as a history teacher. Wow.
I hope your son has grown and you get to be proud of him also.
Philadelphia, PA (Really Bensalem)
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