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He's being squirrelly
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 684203" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>My daughter and I recently had a conversation about relapses. She told me that she can "white-knuckle" it for a period of time and starts doing well. So she starts to think that she can have just one drink and it will be okay. It is for a little while so then she thinks she can handle two and so on and eventually ends up completely relapsing.</p><p></p><p>I asked her why she would think that when it always goes south on her. I told her that if it was me I would never want to take another drink knowing where it would end up. Her answer was that she doesn't think like the rest of us . . . which is why she is an addict and I am not.</p><p></p><p>It actually makes a lot of sense from her skewed perspective.</p><p></p><p>TL, this has been going on for a very long time for you. Maybe it is time for you to truly stop helping him and let him experience the long-term consequences. So far, he knows he can always count on you to step in and rescue him when he hits the bottom.</p><p></p><p>Trust me, I know how hard that is to do for a parent.</p><p></p><p>{{{Hugs}}}</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 684203, member: 1967"] My daughter and I recently had a conversation about relapses. She told me that she can "white-knuckle" it for a period of time and starts doing well. So she starts to think that she can have just one drink and it will be okay. It is for a little while so then she thinks she can handle two and so on and eventually ends up completely relapsing. I asked her why she would think that when it always goes south on her. I told her that if it was me I would never want to take another drink knowing where it would end up. Her answer was that she doesn't think like the rest of us . . . which is why she is an addict and I am not. It actually makes a lot of sense from her skewed perspective. TL, this has been going on for a very long time for you. Maybe it is time for you to truly stop helping him and let him experience the long-term consequences. So far, he knows he can always count on you to step in and rescue him when he hits the bottom. Trust me, I know how hard that is to do for a parent. {{{Hugs}}} ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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