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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 494407" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>I had never heard the distinction between addict and addiction before some members started discussing it here. I have always believed that if alcohol or drugs is causing a problem in your life you are an addict. I am surprised to hear all the professionals who claim that difficult child's are not addicted. I don't know what they are basing that on. The difficult child is lying, stealing, losing their jobs, getting suspended or failing school, not coming home, hanging with druggies, being disrespectful and sometimes violent at home, breaking the law, etc......and they are not an addict? So why are they continuing to use then? If they aren't an addict or addicted to the substance then they are just bad people....and I don't believe that. Heck my father was a serious alcoholic. He drank every weekend and stumbled home only to fight with my mother all through the night. Yet he never missed a day of work and was able to stop drinking without physical withdrawal symptoms, alcohol caused huge problems in his life.</p><p></p><p>Kathy the law is usually if your young adult pays rent then you have to go through the eviction process. I specifically asked one of th emany police that came to our house this question. The night we kicked our difficult child out we had to call the police to get her to leave and they told her she was an adult and if we didn't want her to be there anymore she had to leave. It may be different in other states.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 494407, member: 59"] I had never heard the distinction between addict and addiction before some members started discussing it here. I have always believed that if alcohol or drugs is causing a problem in your life you are an addict. I am surprised to hear all the professionals who claim that difficult child's are not addicted. I don't know what they are basing that on. The difficult child is lying, stealing, losing their jobs, getting suspended or failing school, not coming home, hanging with druggies, being disrespectful and sometimes violent at home, breaking the law, etc......and they are not an addict? So why are they continuing to use then? If they aren't an addict or addicted to the substance then they are just bad people....and I don't believe that. Heck my father was a serious alcoholic. He drank every weekend and stumbled home only to fight with my mother all through the night. Yet he never missed a day of work and was able to stop drinking without physical withdrawal symptoms, alcohol caused huge problems in his life. Kathy the law is usually if your young adult pays rent then you have to go through the eviction process. I specifically asked one of th emany police that came to our house this question. The night we kicked our difficult child out we had to call the police to get her to leave and they told her she was an adult and if we didn't want her to be there anymore she had to leave. It may be different in other states. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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