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<blockquote data-quote="scent of cedar" data-source="post: 80974" data-attributes="member: 1721"><p>I don't see it that way, guys. About the addiction to care-taking our children, I mean. We have friends with "normal" children. They think about, talk about, e mail and telephone their children continually. </p><p></p><p>Continually.</p><p></p><p>I know almost as much about their children as I do about my own.</p><p></p><p>But, while they know our daughter and have met and spent time with every one of our grandchildren...they know next to nothing about difficult child.</p><p></p><p>There is nothing more for me to tell them about difficult child, once I have managed to choke out the part about addiction.</p><p></p><p>They sympathize with my pain, but they cannot empathize.</p><p></p><p>In my heart, I am alone with the horror of what has happened to my son, as every parent of an addicted child is alone with that same horror. </p><p></p><p>If it were not for the other parents on this site, I would NEVER have learned how to live, and take joy in, my life despite what has happened to my son. </p><p></p><p>We can advise, and we can inform ~ but it is never our place to criticize the time another parent requires to come to terms with what has happened to his or her child.</p><p></p><p>Stands, you will learn how to survive what has happened to your son.</p><p></p><p>And that is what this is about.</p><p></p><p>Surviving what has happened to our children.</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scent of cedar, post: 80974, member: 1721"] I don't see it that way, guys. About the addiction to care-taking our children, I mean. We have friends with "normal" children. They think about, talk about, e mail and telephone their children continually. Continually. I know almost as much about their children as I do about my own. But, while they know our daughter and have met and spent time with every one of our grandchildren...they know next to nothing about difficult child. There is nothing more for me to tell them about difficult child, once I have managed to choke out the part about addiction. They sympathize with my pain, but they cannot empathize. In my heart, I am alone with the horror of what has happened to my son, as every parent of an addicted child is alone with that same horror. If it were not for the other parents on this site, I would NEVER have learned how to live, and take joy in, my life despite what has happened to my son. We can advise, and we can inform ~ but it is never our place to criticize the time another parent requires to come to terms with what has happened to his or her child. Stands, you will learn how to survive what has happened to your son. And that is what this is about. Surviving what has happened to our children. Barbara [/QUOTE]
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