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Once addict always an addict ????
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 726433" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I fully believe that hypnosis does not help addicts. Rehab and living a clean and sober life without any substances (coffee doesn't count and tobacco is still legal) is the only way to be truly in recovery. You never recover, but you can be in the process of recovering. The minute you think you are done being an addict, you have just taken a big step down that slippery slope. I have seen it MANY times with MANY people.</p><p></p><p>It is time for you to stop worrying about other adults and worry about yourself. Everyone is impacted if there is an addict in the family. The disease is catching and it warps your thinking until you take responsibility for the addict's behavior. Only the addict deserves that responsibility.</p><p></p><p>You cannot control what the Grandmother does. Or what Son does. Continue to make your son leave when he is using. It is the only way. Talk to grandma about why he couldn't stay with you, and then let her make her own choices unless she is unfit to make those choices. </p><p></p><p>Go to NarAnon or AlAnon meetings. Get private therapy for help with codependence. Do what you can to learn to NOT enable your son and to NOT solve his problems. When he fully owns his problems, he will see what a mess he is making. Eventually he will hit his own personal bottom and want to figure out how to clamber out of that hole. It will take FAR longer than you want it to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 726433, member: 1233"] I fully believe that hypnosis does not help addicts. Rehab and living a clean and sober life without any substances (coffee doesn't count and tobacco is still legal) is the only way to be truly in recovery. You never recover, but you can be in the process of recovering. The minute you think you are done being an addict, you have just taken a big step down that slippery slope. I have seen it MANY times with MANY people. It is time for you to stop worrying about other adults and worry about yourself. Everyone is impacted if there is an addict in the family. The disease is catching and it warps your thinking until you take responsibility for the addict's behavior. Only the addict deserves that responsibility. You cannot control what the Grandmother does. Or what Son does. Continue to make your son leave when he is using. It is the only way. Talk to grandma about why he couldn't stay with you, and then let her make her own choices unless she is unfit to make those choices. Go to NarAnon or AlAnon meetings. Get private therapy for help with codependence. Do what you can to learn to NOT enable your son and to NOT solve his problems. When he fully owns his problems, he will see what a mess he is making. Eventually he will hit his own personal bottom and want to figure out how to clamber out of that hole. It will take FAR longer than you want it to. [/QUOTE]
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