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<blockquote data-quote="Simion" data-source="post: 762173" data-attributes="member: 29037"><p>No I do not engage in 12 Step programs. I am happy to hear this has been helpful for you. I was raised in a 12 Step abusive family & continued that dysfunctional cycle in my own life and daughters. I am sober over 40 years & achieved it working with a therapist. I have found help in other groups, parents groups, co - dependency, domestic violence. All have served to help me in my wellness journey. Truthfully I’m tired of all that. There isn’t a therapy, group, book, documentary that changes the heartache of having a child with a mental illness. If my daughter had a “ medical illness “ this would be such a different journey. I’d be encouraged to hold my child close, go to any lengths to find help. People would be falling over themselves to be supportive. But have a child with a severe mental illness, you / family become societies outcast, with inferior treatment if any. And no you can not hold your ill child close, you must set boundaries, disengage, put up with ignorant peoples judgement. No one is stopping by with a casserole to console you. You in this on your own fighting for your child, your family, your self. It wears on your heart & soul, day in & day out. And sometimes the hurt is overwhelming and in that broken place you must rise and begin again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simion, post: 762173, member: 29037"] No I do not engage in 12 Step programs. I am happy to hear this has been helpful for you. I was raised in a 12 Step abusive family & continued that dysfunctional cycle in my own life and daughters. I am sober over 40 years & achieved it working with a therapist. I have found help in other groups, parents groups, co - dependency, domestic violence. All have served to help me in my wellness journey. Truthfully I’m tired of all that. There isn’t a therapy, group, book, documentary that changes the heartache of having a child with a mental illness. If my daughter had a “ medical illness “ this would be such a different journey. I’d be encouraged to hold my child close, go to any lengths to find help. People would be falling over themselves to be supportive. But have a child with a severe mental illness, you / family become societies outcast, with inferior treatment if any. And no you can not hold your ill child close, you must set boundaries, disengage, put up with ignorant peoples judgement. No one is stopping by with a casserole to console you. You in this on your own fighting for your child, your family, your self. It wears on your heart & soul, day in & day out. And sometimes the hurt is overwhelming and in that broken place you must rise and begin again. [/QUOTE]
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