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<blockquote data-quote="Calamity Jane" data-source="post: 517116" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>Thank you, Mattsmom and a big thank you to M. M, you have amazing insight to share with all of us, and it's greatly appreciated. Thank God M is sober now, despite the grip addiction had on him. It's very tragic about his family, but sadly, not unusual. It was very touching when he described his biggest regret that his alcoholism hurt his family more than it hurt him. That is a brave statement. It is an endless struggle as a mom to distinguish between compassion and enabling. Because addiction is by definition chaotic, without warning they hurl their chaos onto us and plead for help, and we have to make a quick decision about whether or not to rescue them. Sometimes it seems just so cold to turn away, even though it may be in their best interest. Then, on the other hand, I feel so furious that they even put us in such a position. But M is right, whatever we do or don't do is essentially futile unless and until they want to help themselves more than we want it for them. Thank you both again for such a moving post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calamity Jane, post: 517116, member: 13882"] Thank you, Mattsmom and a big thank you to M. M, you have amazing insight to share with all of us, and it's greatly appreciated. Thank God M is sober now, despite the grip addiction had on him. It's very tragic about his family, but sadly, not unusual. It was very touching when he described his biggest regret that his alcoholism hurt his family more than it hurt him. That is a brave statement. It is an endless struggle as a mom to distinguish between compassion and enabling. Because addiction is by definition chaotic, without warning they hurl their chaos onto us and plead for help, and we have to make a quick decision about whether or not to rescue them. Sometimes it seems just so cold to turn away, even though it may be in their best interest. Then, on the other hand, I feel so furious that they even put us in such a position. But M is right, whatever we do or don't do is essentially futile unless and until they want to help themselves more than we want it for them. Thank you both again for such a moving post. [/QUOTE]
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