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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 436624" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Recovery is never over. Some addicts need to be on suboxone for many years. Others can work their way off of it. But each relapse means going back to the beginning, which some don't want to do.</p><p></p><p>Hep C is a scary disease. It is NOT because he is clean or because you lied about life in recovery. Life is hard no matter what you do. there are NO guarantees. We are given the right to PURSUE happiness, not to have it. I do know people with Hep C who are very happy. It is a choice, a way of looking at the roadblocks in life. it is not having everything go your way, which is what it sounds like your son expects. The hep c diagnosis came because he had so many years of bad decisions. It is NOT because he is in recovery thath e has it. It is because he is in recovery that they are willing to treat it aggressively. There are those who are active addicts with hep C who do not get aggressive treatment because the docs know they will not stop using so there is no point. This, sadly, is one of the side effects that comes from using drugs and being intimate with those who use drugs. It is not punishment, or the universe's grand plan. It is simply what happens if you make choices to engage in risky behavior.</p><p></p><p>I hoep your son can find the strength in himself to fight this. I knwo you are scared and he is too, but you MUST let him know that you have confidence that he can meet this challenge and continue to stay sober and fight his way through it. there are people who beat it into remission or whatever it is called and they go on to live many years. But he has to know that this means that future relapses will have a much higher price tag in terms of his health. It is good to let us know your worries here, but be sure that you always let him know that you have total confidence that he can meet this challenge and continue in his recovery. I am sorry that he has to face this, but better he finds out now than in a few years when it has done more damage to his body.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 436624, member: 1233"] Recovery is never over. Some addicts need to be on suboxone for many years. Others can work their way off of it. But each relapse means going back to the beginning, which some don't want to do. Hep C is a scary disease. It is NOT because he is clean or because you lied about life in recovery. Life is hard no matter what you do. there are NO guarantees. We are given the right to PURSUE happiness, not to have it. I do know people with Hep C who are very happy. It is a choice, a way of looking at the roadblocks in life. it is not having everything go your way, which is what it sounds like your son expects. The hep c diagnosis came because he had so many years of bad decisions. It is NOT because he is in recovery thath e has it. It is because he is in recovery that they are willing to treat it aggressively. There are those who are active addicts with hep C who do not get aggressive treatment because the docs know they will not stop using so there is no point. This, sadly, is one of the side effects that comes from using drugs and being intimate with those who use drugs. It is not punishment, or the universe's grand plan. It is simply what happens if you make choices to engage in risky behavior. I hoep your son can find the strength in himself to fight this. I knwo you are scared and he is too, but you MUST let him know that you have confidence that he can meet this challenge and continue to stay sober and fight his way through it. there are people who beat it into remission or whatever it is called and they go on to live many years. But he has to know that this means that future relapses will have a much higher price tag in terms of his health. It is good to let us know your worries here, but be sure that you always let him know that you have total confidence that he can meet this challenge and continue in his recovery. I am sorry that he has to face this, but better he finds out now than in a few years when it has done more damage to his body. [/QUOTE]
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