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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 527550" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Thanks everyone-all good points to think about. My journey is not going to be the same as other's. I will need different pathways and timing. None of us will go the same way. My difficult child is a minor. I should as a parent still have some control. She should be living by our rules and following directions. She is by law under our care and roof. I could be made responsible for the damage she does. This is a double edged sword when I am having to also let go according to my FA meetings. I am doing what I can to find peace and to be responsible. Soon I will be walking in the shoes of those of you who have adult children. I am scared. I hope I can be as strong as you all have been.</p><p></p><p>Janet-thank you- as my daughter's biggest issue is the mental health. When I think of the grim realities of her dxs it is scary. I too hope she can come through as you have been able to rise and shine despite the horrors of your life. It was not our abuse that caused her issues, but the abuse of other's. I think these kids get in so many situations where they have these traumas and bad things happen because of their drug use. it just adds to their issues. I don't believe for a second a kid feels particularly good about prostituting or stealing to support their habit. They are sick with the addiction. Each thing they do to get drugs just adds to the trauma and the disease. Drug use compounds mental illness. I think it slows their recovery as well.</p><p></p><p>I don't think there is a "way" or right answer. But I really appreciate each point of view, path and stance. I am learning. God grant us all strength to keep learning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 527550, member: 11001"] Thanks everyone-all good points to think about. My journey is not going to be the same as other's. I will need different pathways and timing. None of us will go the same way. My difficult child is a minor. I should as a parent still have some control. She should be living by our rules and following directions. She is by law under our care and roof. I could be made responsible for the damage she does. This is a double edged sword when I am having to also let go according to my FA meetings. I am doing what I can to find peace and to be responsible. Soon I will be walking in the shoes of those of you who have adult children. I am scared. I hope I can be as strong as you all have been. Janet-thank you- as my daughter's biggest issue is the mental health. When I think of the grim realities of her dxs it is scary. I too hope she can come through as you have been able to rise and shine despite the horrors of your life. It was not our abuse that caused her issues, but the abuse of other's. I think these kids get in so many situations where they have these traumas and bad things happen because of their drug use. it just adds to their issues. I don't believe for a second a kid feels particularly good about prostituting or stealing to support their habit. They are sick with the addiction. Each thing they do to get drugs just adds to the trauma and the disease. Drug use compounds mental illness. I think it slows their recovery as well. I don't think there is a "way" or right answer. But I really appreciate each point of view, path and stance. I am learning. God grant us all strength to keep learning. [/QUOTE]
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