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<blockquote data-quote="Big Bad Kitty" data-source="post: 39588" data-attributes="member: 3647"><p>This hits home for me, too. Very close to home. But for another reason.</p><p>I am a former drug user. I used heavily not long after difficult child 1 (Basset Hound) was born. I was using cocaine. My mom (bless her heart) took care of Basset Hound until I got my act together. It took a few years. MANY years later, I married DEX (the friggen toad) and then had Pixie. When Pixie was 1, I left the toad. To kill the pain, I started smoking pot again. Thank God I did not go back to cocaine. Just before Pixie turned 3, the toad threatened to take her away from me. I got my rear back to AA meetings and, by God's grace, have been clean since. </p><p>It pains me to see children suffer at the hands of drug abusing parents. It pains me even more when these same parents continue to have children. But my heart breaks for drug addicts who suffer too. It is not easy to quit if you are indeed an addict. </p><p>Please know that I am not giving a free pass to addicted parents because it is "hard". Lots of things in life are hard.</p><p>Thank God for foster parents like many of you that help these innocent children. And thank God that there are progras out there that help people who have addictions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Bad Kitty, post: 39588, member: 3647"] This hits home for me, too. Very close to home. But for another reason. I am a former drug user. I used heavily not long after difficult child 1 (Basset Hound) was born. I was using cocaine. My mom (bless her heart) took care of Basset Hound until I got my act together. It took a few years. MANY years later, I married DEX (the friggen toad) and then had Pixie. When Pixie was 1, I left the toad. To kill the pain, I started smoking pot again. Thank God I did not go back to cocaine. Just before Pixie turned 3, the toad threatened to take her away from me. I got my rear back to AA meetings and, by God's grace, have been clean since. It pains me to see children suffer at the hands of drug abusing parents. It pains me even more when these same parents continue to have children. But my heart breaks for drug addicts who suffer too. It is not easy to quit if you are indeed an addict. Please know that I am not giving a free pass to addicted parents because it is "hard". Lots of things in life are hard. Thank God for foster parents like many of you that help these innocent children. And thank God that there are progras out there that help people who have addictions. [/QUOTE]
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