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First time posting, son 31, heroin addict, living at home, sober and stable for months, then not
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<blockquote data-quote="New Leaf" data-source="post: 730697" data-attributes="member: 19522"><p>Just what I needed to read today, thank you Recovering.</p><p> This takes effort on our part. It involves shedding old ways and figuring out how to focus on ourselves. If you are like me, you are the one to be a helper, to over extend yourself to others. Putting energy into self care seems foreign and selfish.</p><p>It’s not.</p><p> It’s what we want our wayward adult loved ones to do, learn how to be self nurturing and sustaining in <em>healthy ways</em>.</p><p>I believe that my journey here on CD has been cathartic and healing, as I write to others, I am reminding myself of what I need to keep working on. Change doesn’t come without goals, without believing we are worth it. I think that we have learned to push our needs to the back burner, while dealing with the issues we are faced with. That’s unhealthy. There is no way we can begin to truly live well, make good, sound decisions and set healthy boundaries if we are neglecting ourselves.</p><p>You do, we all do.</p><p>I do believe our standing up for ourselves helps our loved ones see that they can do the same. </p><p>(((Hugs)))</p><p>Leafy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="New Leaf, post: 730697, member: 19522"] Just what I needed to read today, thank you Recovering. This takes effort on our part. It involves shedding old ways and figuring out how to focus on ourselves. If you are like me, you are the one to be a helper, to over extend yourself to others. Putting energy into self care seems foreign and selfish. It’s not. It’s what we want our wayward adult loved ones to do, learn how to be self nurturing and sustaining in [I]healthy ways[/I]. I believe that my journey here on CD has been cathartic and healing, as I write to others, I am reminding myself of what I need to keep working on. Change doesn’t come without goals, without believing we are worth it. I think that we have learned to push our needs to the back burner, while dealing with the issues we are faced with. That’s unhealthy. There is no way we can begin to truly live well, make good, sound decisions and set healthy boundaries if we are neglecting ourselves. You do, we all do. I do believe our standing up for ourselves helps our loved ones see that they can do the same. (((Hugs))) Leafy [/QUOTE]
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