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<blockquote data-quote="Triedntrue" data-source="post: 735533" data-attributes="member: 21499"><p>I also came to the conclusion that my lack of self esteem carried over to my son. One of the reasons that i decided that i had to stop helping was what my therapist and my husband both said to me. He has to be able to do it himself so he can be proud of himself and I realized that my confidence grew with my independence. I never drank more than once or twice a year because i took the opposite view i knew my dads drinking was hard on my mom so i decided early that i would never take a drink if i needed one to cope. I do think that that is why my son drinks and trys drugs because he uses it as a crutch. My hope is that if he becomes more confident he will gain the strength to stop. Maybe a pipe dream but....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Triedntrue, post: 735533, member: 21499"] I also came to the conclusion that my lack of self esteem carried over to my son. One of the reasons that i decided that i had to stop helping was what my therapist and my husband both said to me. He has to be able to do it himself so he can be proud of himself and I realized that my confidence grew with my independence. I never drank more than once or twice a year because i took the opposite view i knew my dads drinking was hard on my mom so i decided early that i would never take a drink if i needed one to cope. I do think that that is why my son drinks and trys drugs because he uses it as a crutch. My hope is that if he becomes more confident he will gain the strength to stop. Maybe a pipe dream but.... [/QUOTE]
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