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Another trip to the emergency room ~ difficult child overdosed
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 554093"><p>It feels as if we are talking two different things here... one is the issue of not gaining weight on a certain medication.... and so encouraging healthy eating and exercise. All sounds good if the main problem was weight and the person wanted to do somethign about it, then yes small healthy changes a step at a time is good.... However in this case we are talking about a young adult with a drug problem and mental health problems. Those will not be fixed with a little exercise and healthy eating.... and of course a big part of the issue is our young adult difficult children wont follow our advice anyways..... AND part of our process as parents of people with drug addiction is accepting the fact that we CANT fix it!!! So being told that somehow all we have to do is be a good example and encourage small changes makes no sense, because really it is totally up to them and for many of us realzing that was the first step in our own recovery of not enabling them anymore.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 554093"] It feels as if we are talking two different things here... one is the issue of not gaining weight on a certain medication.... and so encouraging healthy eating and exercise. All sounds good if the main problem was weight and the person wanted to do somethign about it, then yes small healthy changes a step at a time is good.... However in this case we are talking about a young adult with a drug problem and mental health problems. Those will not be fixed with a little exercise and healthy eating.... and of course a big part of the issue is our young adult difficult children wont follow our advice anyways..... AND part of our process as parents of people with drug addiction is accepting the fact that we CANT fix it!!! So being told that somehow all we have to do is be a good example and encourage small changes makes no sense, because really it is totally up to them and for many of us realzing that was the first step in our own recovery of not enabling them anymore. TL [/QUOTE]
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