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If you are and have been dealing with a family member suffering from alcoholism/drug abuse, you become sick from the stress of it all - the using/acting out/yelling/court stuff/crying/homelessness/hospitalizations/jail-time - it is all unbelievable - and yet, most of us go on - work, try to maintain some semblance of sanity - but it is hard.
Many of us suffer from anxiety/depression - live in fear for the next disaster - jump when the phone rings - can't get to sleep - don't feel whole or safe.
Just for today: Focus on your needs - your health - your well-being. Get a massage, a mani-pedi, work in the garden, shut the phone off . . .
Tomorrow think about how it is that one person has been allowed to control YOUR well-being - that is not "right" - yet we allow that out of LOVE - when they are clean and sober, we become HOPEFUL . . . it's normal human behavior to want your family members to be safe and okay and to be upset when they are not . . .
Focus on YOU today. Relax. All is well for this moment.
If you have tips or wisdom to share about maintaining your peace, health, and wholeness, please do!
Many of us suffer from anxiety/depression - live in fear for the next disaster - jump when the phone rings - can't get to sleep - don't feel whole or safe.
Just for today: Focus on your needs - your health - your well-being. Get a massage, a mani-pedi, work in the garden, shut the phone off . . .
Tomorrow think about how it is that one person has been allowed to control YOUR well-being - that is not "right" - yet we allow that out of LOVE - when they are clean and sober, we become HOPEFUL . . . it's normal human behavior to want your family members to be safe and okay and to be upset when they are not . . .
Focus on YOU today. Relax. All is well for this moment.
If you have tips or wisdom to share about maintaining your peace, health, and wholeness, please do!