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Enabling must stop .....I know
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 621780" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>I understand your fear, also. My difficult child overdosed on heroin on our living room couch but my husband found her in the nick of time and did chest compressions until the EMT's could get there and administer Narcan which brought her back around.</p><p></p><p>We were so scared that we did an intervention and sent her to one of the best treatment programs in the country using our retirement savings. She did well for a while but has relapsed recently.</p><p></p><p>We have now cut off all financial support which is very scary. However, she overdosed while she was still living with us and relapsed while we were still helping her financially so that is not the answer either. At this point, she is going to have to figure things out for herself and we realize that there is a very real risk of death. But that risk of death is there while she is using whether she lives with us or we support her or if she is on her own. At least this way, we are taking back our lives and our finances and starting to look forward toward retirement.</p><p></p><p>I also have found that cutting off contact has helped me avoid the emotional roller coaster that we were on. If she goes to rehab or sober living, we will help her. In the meantime, I pray she finds her own way.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 621780, member: 1967"] I understand your fear, also. My difficult child overdosed on heroin on our living room couch but my husband found her in the nick of time and did chest compressions until the EMT's could get there and administer Narcan which brought her back around. We were so scared that we did an intervention and sent her to one of the best treatment programs in the country using our retirement savings. She did well for a while but has relapsed recently. We have now cut off all financial support which is very scary. However, she overdosed while she was still living with us and relapsed while we were still helping her financially so that is not the answer either. At this point, she is going to have to figure things out for herself and we realize that there is a very real risk of death. But that risk of death is there while she is using whether she lives with us or we support her or if she is on her own. At least this way, we are taking back our lives and our finances and starting to look forward toward retirement. I also have found that cutting off contact has helped me avoid the emotional roller coaster that we were on. If she goes to rehab or sober living, we will help her. In the meantime, I pray she finds her own way. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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