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Last night he said "no contact." He called this morning.
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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 663582" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>I think these things are the effects of addiction, Copa. We were not aware our son was using anything but marijuana ~ and that only recreationally ~ for something like fifteen years. We (I) thought it was something in the way I'd raised him, some trauma in his childhood or from what happened to our family. It took more years for me to see what our son says and how he does what he does as an effect of drug use. </p><p></p><p>Why doesn't matter...except it matters, very much.</p><p></p><p>He loves you, Copa.</p><p></p><p>A woman I know attends rehab group therapy sessions with her child. At one session, one of the other patients began berating his mother. The counselor leaped up and roared at the patient that he was using again, and when had he started and what was he on.</p><p></p><p>The patient denied it...and then, broke down and confessed.</p><p></p><p>The counselor told the parents: When they are clean, your children are shamed by their behaviors and grateful for your love. When they begin using again ~ using anything, even just a little ~ they spit hatred at the people who love and are trying to save them.</p><p></p><p>I've never forgotten that. I've never forgotten what it must do to our children, to have needed that thing they are addicted to like that.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 663582, member: 17461"] I think these things are the effects of addiction, Copa. We were not aware our son was using anything but marijuana ~ and that only recreationally ~ for something like fifteen years. We (I) thought it was something in the way I'd raised him, some trauma in his childhood or from what happened to our family. It took more years for me to see what our son says and how he does what he does as an effect of drug use. Why doesn't matter...except it matters, very much. He loves you, Copa. A woman I know attends rehab group therapy sessions with her child. At one session, one of the other patients began berating his mother. The counselor leaped up and roared at the patient that he was using again, and when had he started and what was he on. The patient denied it...and then, broke down and confessed. The counselor told the parents: When they are clean, your children are shamed by their behaviors and grateful for your love. When they begin using again ~ using anything, even just a little ~ they spit hatred at the people who love and are trying to save them. I've never forgotten that. I've never forgotten what it must do to our children, to have needed that thing they are addicted to like that. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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