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How has your difficult child's addiction problems affected your views on alcohol
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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 489322"><p>Nancy-- I have two very close friends from HS diagnosis'd with alcoholism at a very young age- one in HS (girl) and one in college (guy). My girlfriend was so bad-she literally hid booze in shampoo bottles (and the vodka bottle in the toilet tank) so she could have a drink first thing in the morning. (I should add that NONE of us knew she was a serious drinker, she was closeted from the beginning, picked up the habit in boarding school her freshman year) She's 44 now-sober since HS and just served booze at her wedding - her new H toasted her with Champagne and she toasted him with sparkling cider. My guy friend got sober as a sophomore in college after his friends intervened and he managed to maintain his sobriety while living in a fraternity house his senior year and has maintained it for the past 24 years. </p><p></p><p>I cringe when I think that my newly sober girlfriend navigated the drinking parties of our senior year and that our group of friends were naive and callous enough to drink around her. </p><p></p><p>In both cases, my friends had to get past the emphasis that society places on alcohol. And when they were serious enough to get sober, that wasn't a problem -- Know what I mean?? A sober lifestyle comes from within.</p><p></p><p>Not to say that external forces don't work against a fledgling desire to be sober -- a desire that should be nurtured by friends and family who should not tempt her. </p><p></p><p>I just want to let you know (from my limited experience) that when she decides from deep within that she wants to be substance free - she CAN (and WILL) find the strength to navigate a society filled with alcohol. </p><p></p><p>I hope that day is here or coming shortly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 489322"] Nancy-- I have two very close friends from HS diagnosis'd with alcoholism at a very young age- one in HS (girl) and one in college (guy). My girlfriend was so bad-she literally hid booze in shampoo bottles (and the vodka bottle in the toilet tank) so she could have a drink first thing in the morning. (I should add that NONE of us knew she was a serious drinker, she was closeted from the beginning, picked up the habit in boarding school her freshman year) She's 44 now-sober since HS and just served booze at her wedding - her new H toasted her with Champagne and she toasted him with sparkling cider. My guy friend got sober as a sophomore in college after his friends intervened and he managed to maintain his sobriety while living in a fraternity house his senior year and has maintained it for the past 24 years. I cringe when I think that my newly sober girlfriend navigated the drinking parties of our senior year and that our group of friends were naive and callous enough to drink around her. In both cases, my friends had to get past the emphasis that society places on alcohol. And when they were serious enough to get sober, that wasn't a problem -- Know what I mean?? A sober lifestyle comes from within. Not to say that external forces don't work against a fledgling desire to be sober -- a desire that should be nurtured by friends and family who should not tempt her. I just want to let you know (from my limited experience) that when she decides from deep within that she wants to be substance free - she CAN (and WILL) find the strength to navigate a society filled with alcohol. I hope that day is here or coming shortly. [/QUOTE]
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