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<blockquote data-quote="7jewels" data-source="post: 374450"><p>Janet,</p><p>You are right; the parallels and overlaps between difficult child-ness and addiction are HUGE. In our case, our daughter has BOTH (diagnosis's include anorexia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), anxiety, asperger's, Borderline (BPD), bipolar rapid cycling) -- and she self-medicates. It's SO hard to determine how far to take the tough love. However, if she is refusing to stop using and self-sabotaging, husband and I choose to address primarily the addiction issues with tough love, i.e. not allowed to live at home with younger sibs, no financial support, just moral and emotional support. WHEN and IF she decides to stop the self-medicating, the underlying biochemical issues can be addressed. At times I weaken about our stance and want to run in to save her, but husband is very strong about this. Finding distractions and lecturing myself out of ANY guilt are important components of my daily detachment strategy. Love to all in our situation, again. D.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7jewels, post: 374450"] Janet, You are right; the parallels and overlaps between difficult child-ness and addiction are HUGE. In our case, our daughter has BOTH (diagnosis's include anorexia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), anxiety, asperger's, Borderline (BPD), bipolar rapid cycling) -- and she self-medicates. It's SO hard to determine how far to take the tough love. However, if she is refusing to stop using and self-sabotaging, husband and I choose to address primarily the addiction issues with tough love, i.e. not allowed to live at home with younger sibs, no financial support, just moral and emotional support. WHEN and IF she decides to stop the self-medicating, the underlying biochemical issues can be addressed. At times I weaken about our stance and want to run in to save her, but husband is very strong about this. Finding distractions and lecturing myself out of ANY guilt are important components of my daily detachment strategy. Love to all in our situation, again. D. [/QUOTE]
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