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It's a disease so why don't they fight?
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<blockquote data-quote="rejectedmom" data-source="post: 534277" data-attributes="member: 2315"><p>Nancy such raw emotion is hard to deal with. </p><p></p><p>My friend was a heavy smoker. She had a terrible cough and we told her to get of the cigs and see a doctor. She continued to smoke & didn't have a chest xray. One day she passed out behind the wheel of her car and struck some parked cars. She was not injured but they took her to the hospital for a CAT scan because she had lost consciousness. Turns out she had lung cancer that went to her brain. She had treatment options but decided not to fight. She told me that she had been unhappy for a very long time. I suggested therapy and ADs but she said no. She actually seemed to embrace the cancer as a way out even though her first grandchild was on the way. It tore me up but I respected her when she said it was her choice and she didn't want to talk about it. BUT when she told me she wished she had fought harder right before she died, a part of me just screamed in silent anguish. I know that nothing I could have said or done would have made her approach her addiction or herdisease differently. She had to come to her own decisions. Unfortunately we who loved her had to live with the consequences of her choices. It sucks. </p><p></p><p>Addiction in any form is a horrid disease. Depression fuels it. Your daughter needs tto learn to be happy without drugs.. Making her realize that and work toward that goal is not something we can do. I really hope your daughter finally starts fighting for her life very soon. -RM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rejectedmom, post: 534277, member: 2315"] Nancy such raw emotion is hard to deal with. My friend was a heavy smoker. She had a terrible cough and we told her to get of the cigs and see a doctor. She continued to smoke & didn't have a chest xray. One day she passed out behind the wheel of her car and struck some parked cars. She was not injured but they took her to the hospital for a CAT scan because she had lost consciousness. Turns out she had lung cancer that went to her brain. She had treatment options but decided not to fight. She told me that she had been unhappy for a very long time. I suggested therapy and ADs but she said no. She actually seemed to embrace the cancer as a way out even though her first grandchild was on the way. It tore me up but I respected her when she said it was her choice and she didn't want to talk about it. BUT when she told me she wished she had fought harder right before she died, a part of me just screamed in silent anguish. I know that nothing I could have said or done would have made her approach her addiction or herdisease differently. She had to come to her own decisions. Unfortunately we who loved her had to live with the consequences of her choices. It sucks. Addiction in any form is a horrid disease. Depression fuels it. Your daughter needs tto learn to be happy without drugs.. Making her realize that and work toward that goal is not something we can do. I really hope your daughter finally starts fighting for her life very soon. -RM [/QUOTE]
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