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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 501208" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Sig something you said just really struck me: <em>I've seen so many of my board sisters fight like heck to get kids graduated, keep their licenses etc, get court ordered treatment, etc. and that's where I think nurture takes hold & makes a difference. </em></p><p></p><p>difficult child has often told me and everyone else that the only reason she has her license is because we took her car away for two years. I am so positive that if we had not done that she would either be dead or in jail for a very long time. She is now the one who drives everyone else to their AA meetings because none of them have it.</p><p></p><p>In our situation it is clearly nature that gave difficult child the genetic makeup to become an addict. She was an addict in waiting from very early on. Many parents identify behaviors in their children at an early age that leads to addiction in the adolescent and young adult years.The interesting thing to me is that if the person goes into recovery and works the program, many of those issues go away and the person truly recoverys from everything. </p><p></p><p>difficult child inherited the addiction gene form her birthmother and extended family. The interesting thing is that she went down the exact same path as her bm and did the same things and acted the same way as if she was raised by her. It is striking ghow similar they are. Nothing that we did or could have done would have changed that outcome. But I do believe thankfully we were able to protect part of her future for her until she went into recovery and was able to do that for herself.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 501208, member: 59"] Sig something you said just really struck me: [I]I've seen so many of my board sisters fight like heck to get kids graduated, keep their licenses etc, get court ordered treatment, etc. and that's where I think nurture takes hold & makes a difference. [/I] difficult child has often told me and everyone else that the only reason she has her license is because we took her car away for two years. I am so positive that if we had not done that she would either be dead or in jail for a very long time. She is now the one who drives everyone else to their AA meetings because none of them have it. In our situation it is clearly nature that gave difficult child the genetic makeup to become an addict. She was an addict in waiting from very early on. Many parents identify behaviors in their children at an early age that leads to addiction in the adolescent and young adult years.The interesting thing to me is that if the person goes into recovery and works the program, many of those issues go away and the person truly recoverys from everything. difficult child inherited the addiction gene form her birthmother and extended family. The interesting thing is that she went down the exact same path as her bm and did the same things and acted the same way as if she was raised by her. It is striking ghow similar they are. Nothing that we did or could have done would have changed that outcome. But I do believe thankfully we were able to protect part of her future for her until she went into recovery and was able to do that for herself. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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