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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 715518" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>I recently joined a closed group on Facebook for parents of addicted (adult) children. The moderator is a therapist and her son is an addict. She gets it. She has a lot of self help/self soothing videos etc. that I have been watching. She is such a calm and peaceful person and I want some of that!!</p><p></p><p>One comment struck me yesterday that a former addict said to her and that is there is NOTHING a parent can SAY or DO to make an addict stop using. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.</p><p></p><p>That statement really resignated with me because I have in the past tried so very hard to say just the right thing to our son. Something that would make the light bulb go off. My husband also has had "the talk" with him numerous times. </p><p></p><p>I cannot fathom the amount of energy I have wasted trying to think of that magical thing to say that would change it all. The words I've searched for do not exist.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 715518, member: 15032"] I recently joined a closed group on Facebook for parents of addicted (adult) children. The moderator is a therapist and her son is an addict. She gets it. She has a lot of self help/self soothing videos etc. that I have been watching. She is such a calm and peaceful person and I want some of that!! One comment struck me yesterday that a former addict said to her and that is there is NOTHING a parent can SAY or DO to make an addict stop using. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. That statement really resignated with me because I have in the past tried so very hard to say just the right thing to our son. Something that would make the light bulb go off. My husband also has had "the talk" with him numerous times. I cannot fathom the amount of energy I have wasted trying to think of that magical thing to say that would change it all. The words I've searched for do not exist. [/QUOTE]
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