To a Mom of a Son in Denial

He sounds like he is a rebel without a cause right now!  I went through a similar time when I was 16, hated my mom, ran away from home, hung out in pool halls and drove my mom even further intoher drinking.

My former partner, Barbara, had a daughter that went through the period of incorrigibility and she and her former husband chose to have her legally emancipated (be on her own).  However, she grew out of it, had a child, and we visited the family in Tucson and mom and daughter were as loving as can be.

Maybe, just maybe, this is a passing phase.  Does dad have a relationship with him where they can talk, man-to-man, about what's going on?  

My mom took me to a psychiatrist after I came back from my month-long running away from home and I sat down and poured out my mind to him.  He even let me have a smoke.

My kinda doc.