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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 550740" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>I know others will say to detach but I also know how hard it is to do. I am not doing such at great job at that myself. However, you do have a small child in your home that deserves your protection so hopefully that will give you the strength to do what needs to be done.</p><p></p><p>I will address the part about hiding from your friends and family. I did that for the longest time before I finally started being open and honest with others about our problems with difficult child. I was amazed at the responses. Every single person said that they had a parent, sibling, child, etc that had similar issues and it seemed like a great relief for them to talk about them with me. </p><p></p><p>I even had to tell the parent of a student that I am tutoring that our difficult child was drinking again and could possibly cause a scene when her daughter was at my house for tutoring. The mom's response was to tell me about her oldest daughter and her issues that tore their family apart before the daughter finally got sober. She was so understanding about everything.</p><p></p><p>Stop trying to hold everything in as a secret. It will eat you up inside and no one will think less of you because you have a child that has a mental illness and/or a substance abuse issue and if they do then you don't need those people in your life anyway. </p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 550740, member: 1967"] I know others will say to detach but I also know how hard it is to do. I am not doing such at great job at that myself. However, you do have a small child in your home that deserves your protection so hopefully that will give you the strength to do what needs to be done. I will address the part about hiding from your friends and family. I did that for the longest time before I finally started being open and honest with others about our problems with difficult child. I was amazed at the responses. Every single person said that they had a parent, sibling, child, etc that had similar issues and it seemed like a great relief for them to talk about them with me. I even had to tell the parent of a student that I am tutoring that our difficult child was drinking again and could possibly cause a scene when her daughter was at my house for tutoring. The mom's response was to tell me about her oldest daughter and her issues that tore their family apart before the daughter finally got sober. She was so understanding about everything. Stop trying to hold everything in as a secret. It will eat you up inside and no one will think less of you because you have a child that has a mental illness and/or a substance abuse issue and if they do then you don't need those people in your life anyway. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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