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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 713436" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>Welcome Sooverit:</p><p></p><p>I read a sign outside a drug rehab/shelter that "addiction is a pre-existing condition".</p><p></p><p>That had so much meaning to me. Addiction runs in many families and we have to realize that it is literally an illness. It may start out as fun or social but many of our Difficult Child end up being addicted, the brain is changed and it's just not that easy to stop.</p><p></p><p>As parents we are thrown into a world we probably know nothing about and it becomes our entire life trying to fix and save them. Both of which we cannot do. All we can do is educate ourselves and that also is no easy task.</p><p></p><p>I hope that you have some type of support for yourself or even therapy can be helpful to help you navigate the course you are on. You are wise to let him suffer the consequences of his actions. That is a good place to start!</p><p></p><p>Keep posting here too. It will help you a great deal. With this forum and my therapist I have been able to stay sane.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 713436, member: 15032"] Welcome Sooverit: I read a sign outside a drug rehab/shelter that "addiction is a pre-existing condition". That had so much meaning to me. Addiction runs in many families and we have to realize that it is literally an illness. It may start out as fun or social but many of our Difficult Child end up being addicted, the brain is changed and it's just not that easy to stop. As parents we are thrown into a world we probably know nothing about and it becomes our entire life trying to fix and save them. Both of which we cannot do. All we can do is educate ourselves and that also is no easy task. I hope that you have some type of support for yourself or even therapy can be helpful to help you navigate the course you are on. You are wise to let him suffer the consequences of his actions. That is a good place to start! Keep posting here too. It will help you a great deal. With this forum and my therapist I have been able to stay sane. [/QUOTE]
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