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I hope everyone is having a calm, restful day with family and friends. We are expecting our daughters and other relatives to be here soon and am looking forward to spending time with them. It is has been a busy week preparing for Saturday's wedding along with tears saying good-bye to our beloved...

My daughter (sober for almost 2.5 years) is dating a man 6 months into recovery. I had doubts at first but have really grown to like him. He adores my daughter and is so good to her. He is turning 28 this week so we decided to have a cook-out and celebrate. My daughter also invited her closest...

My daughter invited me to go to her HA (heroin anonymous) meeting last night to see her get her two year chip. I told her I wouldn't miss it. I strongly encourage you to go to an open AA, NA, HA, or any 12-step meeting. The thought of going to a meeting of 75 heroin addicts can be daunting but...

No, it is not my daughter (thank goodness). It is my daughter's best friend from high school. The friend spent a lot of time at our house and even went on vacations with us. My daughter recently found out that her friend just started a seven year prison sentence. She will be in jail until 2024...

Hello all. I don't want you to think I forgot about my SA buddies. I am teaching three online summer school classes and literally working 12 - 15 hours a day. I am up grading to 1:00 am and then start all over again the next morning. So I haven't had much time to check in and see how ya'll are...

I honestly never thought I would see this day. My daughter is celebrating one year of sobriety today. She has been at the same full time job for almost nine months and is totally self-supporting. I remember posters used to say that you would know when they were truly sober because they become...

My daughter invited me to her HA meeting tonight to see her get her 6-month sobriety chip. It was a very powerful experience. Person after person spoke about their heroin addiction and recovery. The common thread throughout the stories is that it took a willingness to change and that they were...

In case anyone noticed I was MIA, it has been a month of highs and lows. First, my husband had a heart attack a month ago. Luckily, he is fine now after four stents were inserted to open clogged arteries. In fact, he is doing so well, his cardiologist gave him the okay to go on our long planned...

I watched the 20/20 special last night? It broke my heart. There was a young couple who were doing everything they could to stay clean for their baby daughter with very little help. They had to scrape together $17 a day to buy suboxone for the young mother. She literally would walk a half mile...

I was thinking about you and hoping things were going okay. Please update when you can.

I was thinking about you and your son. How are things going? Give us an update when you get a chance. ~Kathy

difficult child finally put herself in detox. She was told it would take 10 days to wean her off benzos. Now they are looking for a residential treatment program to send her to. Her new insurance from the Marketplace is much, much better than last year's policy. There is a long list of residential...

Remember last winter when the south was the laughing stock of the country because of the ice storm and the interstates becoming one big traffic jam? Everyone had such great advice for us southerners for driving in the ice and snow. Hmm, the pictures that I am seeing on the news of the northeast...

I know that this is a very sad day for you. Saying goodbye to a beloved pet is so hard. {{{Hugs}}} ~Kathy

I haven't updated in a while but things are going south. difficult child had chance after chance at the last program she was in but decided to move a new halfway house when she got yet another job that was an hour away from where she was. She managed to find a halfway house that would let her take Ativan...

I need ideas on how to get a terrible smell out of a refrigerator that I keep in my classroom. I had to take it out of the room at the end of the school year since they were recarpeting. husband brought it home and put it in our garage. I thought he had cleaned it out and he thought that I had...

Hello everyone. It has been a while since my last update on my difficult child and since husband and I just got back from a visit with her I thought I would catch you up. difficult child is currently in a halfway house which is owned by the IOP she is attending. After a complete and total relapse, she took an overdose of...

When is this country ever going to do something about this? This is the 74th school shooting in the 18 months since Sandy Hook. Does there have to be one every day until we as a people will say enough is enough? I am disgusted to see people shrug their shoulders and say that there is nothing...

I thought we could use a good thread on the SA forum for a change. My difficult child was hired on the spot this morning as a full time receptionist for a hair salon. She is still in a halfway house and participating in IOP. The director of the halfway house took her to the interview and she called us on...

Hello all, Sometimes I think we have it the hardest. At times, we have to turn our backs on our beloved children when it becomes too painful to stay in contact. Sadly, I have my difficult child currently blocked on my phone to be able to keep my boundaries and protect myself. So she called my husband and...