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Went to our first NAMI Family to Family meeting tonight
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 573862" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>I'm not sure if the older difficult child's had substance abuse issues but they were definitely not functional due to mental illness. Actually, I only remember one other person that said their loved one had substance abuse issues and that was a case where it was a young adult who sounded very much like my daughter. There were a lot of loved ones with schizophrenia.</p><p></p><p>One thing that really hit me was that they asked if our goal was for independence or healthy dependence for our loved ones. One example was that the daughter lived on her own but was still dependent on her mom for getting her prescriptions filled. In other cases, the family member still lived with the family but was responsible for their own bills. Of course, substance abuse was not an issue in that case.</p><p></p><p>I never thought about whether it could be an either or situation. I have been completely focused on getting my difficult child totally independent. Now I have to give some thought as to whether that is a realistic goal. </p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 573862, member: 1967"] I'm not sure if the older difficult child's had substance abuse issues but they were definitely not functional due to mental illness. Actually, I only remember one other person that said their loved one had substance abuse issues and that was a case where it was a young adult who sounded very much like my daughter. There were a lot of loved ones with schizophrenia. One thing that really hit me was that they asked if our goal was for independence or healthy dependence for our loved ones. One example was that the daughter lived on her own but was still dependent on her mom for getting her prescriptions filled. In other cases, the family member still lived with the family but was responsible for their own bills. Of course, substance abuse was not an issue in that case. I never thought about whether it could be an either or situation. I have been completely focused on getting my difficult child totally independent. Now I have to give some thought as to whether that is a realistic goal. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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