As I write I am selfish. I write what is in me, I write to make myself feel better, I write to organize my thoughts and I write to re-enforce my changing beliefs about addiction. Writing is hard but it is therapeutic. I have met many, many wise and experienced people dealing with this scourge on humanity. The only way I know to repay this debt is to offer my assistance to others suffering.
I have my e-mail posted on our blog for that reason. I want to be open and truly appreciative to others that have supported and helped us so much. With that, others write me and I only wish I had something tangible to offer, but in our experience, support is all that can be offered and it is actually what is most appreciated. In that vein of thought I have another hurting parent that has joined us and I think she may need some support with her struggle.
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- Dad and Mom are parents of 3 and grandparents of three. Our oldest is the manager of Pediatrics at one of the top medical centers in the nation, the middle daughter takes care of our granddaughter and a couple other precious children. Our youngest is troubled with an addiction to drugs but is currently over 2.5 years clear and sober working at a company principally involved in foam and foam fabrication. Our blog is about his addiction and parenting an addict.
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9 comments:
Thank you so much for posting my blog and you are right, I do need support. It seems there can never be enough support in this journey that we all go through with our addicted loved ones. I find comfort reading your blog and welcome any comments on mine. I am so happy that I finally go online and found the blogs that I have, it has already helped me in the past week to feel stronger and not so alone. Thanks again and I hope you have a wonderfully peaceful trip:)
I know I probably said this before but I cannot imagine how it must feel to have offspring drowning in the morass of drug-addiction. It was bad enough having a partner who was using and crying "I don't want you to die". But I was using heroin as well. What anaesthetic do you have?
Gledwood, Until I went thru it there was no way I could imagine something hurting so bad. I have suffered thru my father dying of cancer, Mom's mother dying of cancer. But to see you own kid lost in this world, it is the hardest thing I have ever been thru. At least my father and mother-in-law fought to sty alive, my son for a while I couldn't even see him doing that.
My heart is sinking...not another one. Scourge, indeed. Thanks for the link and all the support you have been offering me on my blog. You are an amazing couple. Enjoy your vacation, it is so well deserved.
Thanks for introducing us to another parent who is going through this hell. Its sad discover how many of us are out there, but comforting to have the support and encouragement of each other. You have helped me SO MUCH.
you are tangible and you are not selfish, it often feels selfish when we start to take care of ourselves on every level, physically, emotionally and spiritually. you cannot help others if you don't help yourself first. and you sir are NOT a selfish person.
It is in giving that we receive. Your story has hope and sometimes hope is all we need to get through another day.
Have a wonderful time on your break. My husband and I took a 4 day vacation to Table Rock and it was relaxing- but we got a few upsetting calls from our son in jail. He was being picked on and having his food stolen. In some ways, I really don't care because I want him to suffer. He really is coping so much better than I would ever have anticipated. He is finding religion and I believe that is helping him. Laura
Laura,
I thought maybe I was the only one that felt like that when my son was in jail. Even felt guilty about it. But I always justified that if you don't like the place don't do the crime. Glad to see I wasn't the only one that felt like that. I don't know if it is right or wrong, but it is what it is.
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