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<blockquote data-quote="ScentofCedar" data-source="post: 160621" data-attributes="member: 3353"><p>You are welcome, Stands.</p><p></p><p>I think this is the place we all come to. There just isn't anywhere else to...stand with courage. </p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>They say those we love are simply those we love. Whether our children had been successful in the accepted term of the word or whether their lives are filled with loss and pain, we love them.</p><p></p><p>We are vulnerable to them.</p><p></p><p>We DO feel their pain ~ but the pain we understand has to do with their loss of self and dignity and potential ~ it has to do with all the things their addictions have stolen from them.</p><p></p><p>We can love our sons, but we cannot help them service their addictions.</p><p></p><p>You (and me, and all of us who come here) are doing the best we know and trying to figure out the rest. And it isn't easy, and I think it never gets easier. But if we have a course to steer, I think we can survive what has happened to our families without being destroyed, ourselves. </p><p></p><p>So, I guess that is what we have to do.</p><p></p><p>I am so glad this site exists too, Stands.</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScentofCedar, post: 160621, member: 3353"] You are welcome, Stands. I think this is the place we all come to. There just isn't anywhere else to...stand with courage. :) They say those we love are simply those we love. Whether our children had been successful in the accepted term of the word or whether their lives are filled with loss and pain, we love them. We are vulnerable to them. We DO feel their pain ~ but the pain we understand has to do with their loss of self and dignity and potential ~ it has to do with all the things their addictions have stolen from them. We can love our sons, but we cannot help them service their addictions. You (and me, and all of us who come here) are doing the best we know and trying to figure out the rest. And it isn't easy, and I think it never gets easier. But if we have a course to steer, I think we can survive what has happened to our families without being destroyed, ourselves. So, I guess that is what we have to do. I am so glad this site exists too, Stands. Barbara [/QUOTE]
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