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<blockquote data-quote="Addictsmom" data-source="post: 626233" data-attributes="member: 17748"><p>@[USER=17554]christianmom[/USER] I found this on google:</p><p></p><p><strong>An Open Letter to My Family (from the drug addict)</strong></p><p>An Open Letter to My Family (from the drug addict)</p><p></p><p>I am a drug user. I need help.</p><p></p><p>Don’t solve my problems for me. This only makes me lose respect for you.</p><p></p><p>Don’t lecture, moralize, scold, blame, or argue, whether I’m loaded or sober. </p><p></p><p>It may make you feel better, but it will make the situation worse.</p><p></p><p>Don’t accept my promises. The nature of my illness prevents me keeping them, even though I mean them at the time. Promises are only my way of postponing pain. Don’t keep switching agreements; if an agreement is made, stick to it.</p><p></p><p>Don’t lose your temper with me. It will destroy you and any possibility of helping me.</p><p></p><p>Don’t allow your anxiety for me make you do what I should do for myself.</p><p></p><p>Don’t cover up or try to spare me the consequences of my using. It may reduce the crisis, but it will make my illness worse.</p><p></p><p>Above all, don’t run away from reality as I do. Drug dependence, my illness, gets worse as my using continues. Start now to learn, to understand, to plan for recovery. Find NAR-ANON, whose groups exist to help the families of drug abusers.</p><p></p><p>I need help — from a doctor, a psychologist, a counselor, from an addict who found recovery in NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS, and from God.</p><p></p><p>Your User</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Addictsmom, post: 626233, member: 17748"] @[USER=17554]christianmom[/USER] I found this on google: [B]An Open Letter to My Family (from the drug addict)[/B] An Open Letter to My Family (from the drug addict) I am a drug user. I need help. Don’t solve my problems for me. This only makes me lose respect for you. Don’t lecture, moralize, scold, blame, or argue, whether I’m loaded or sober. It may make you feel better, but it will make the situation worse. Don’t accept my promises. The nature of my illness prevents me keeping them, even though I mean them at the time. Promises are only my way of postponing pain. Don’t keep switching agreements; if an agreement is made, stick to it. Don’t lose your temper with me. It will destroy you and any possibility of helping me. Don’t allow your anxiety for me make you do what I should do for myself. Don’t cover up or try to spare me the consequences of my using. It may reduce the crisis, but it will make my illness worse. Above all, don’t run away from reality as I do. Drug dependence, my illness, gets worse as my using continues. Start now to learn, to understand, to plan for recovery. Find NAR-ANON, whose groups exist to help the families of drug abusers. I need help — from a doctor, a psychologist, a counselor, from an addict who found recovery in NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS, and from God. Your User [/QUOTE]
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