Rock Bottom

After several months had passed, he just showed up one day to do his laundry. It felt so good just to see him and know he was alive. He told us he was living in a car on the streets of a nearby city in the middle of the winter. This was a total shock for me. He said that he was going for days without a shower or a meal. I would have considered this absolutely 'rock bottom' for him, he was living in a car! The therapist mentioned that if this was a faze it may take Rick hitting 'rock bottom' for him to change and we didn't think he could go much lower. This was my child that was obsessive about his appearance. He always took several showers or baths a day. He also needed to have nice things that were the most expensive as well as the best brands of clothing. I just didn't understand. If this didn't bring him home, what would? We realized that he was fully entrenched in this new lifestyle. This wasn't going to be a passing fad. He wasn't coming back soon. He might not come back at all.