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Seeing the Paths of our Difficult Children in a Positive Light
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 673098" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>I believe that I have used the phrase "those of us in the SA forum" in the past. It wasn't meant to be exclusionary. I was just pointing out that we may be coming from a different perspective than those that have not dealt with loved ones who have substance abuse issues.</p><p></p><p>Addiction brings a whole new set of problems that those who usually post in forums like early childhood or general don't have to deal with. I wouldn't wish theft, lies, rehab, jail, hospitalizations, detox, and overdoses on anyone. So it might be harder for those of us that have lived through those things to see the positive side of our difficult children. It doesn't mean that we love them any less, though.</p><p></p><p>by the way, gift from god was used to describe our troubled loved ones when I first came to the board twelve years ago. I actually liked it. However, some members didn't like it and the administration thought that difficult children might help more people find the site when using search engines so we switched to difficult children.</p><p></p><p>I guess it goes to show you can never make everyone happy.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 673098, member: 1967"] I believe that I have used the phrase "those of us in the SA forum" in the past. It wasn't meant to be exclusionary. I was just pointing out that we may be coming from a different perspective than those that have not dealt with loved ones who have substance abuse issues. Addiction brings a whole new set of problems that those who usually post in forums like early childhood or general don't have to deal with. I wouldn't wish theft, lies, rehab, jail, hospitalizations, detox, and overdoses on anyone. So it might be harder for those of us that have lived through those things to see the positive side of our difficult children. It doesn't mean that we love them any less, though. by the way, gift from god was used to describe our troubled loved ones when I first came to the board twelve years ago. I actually liked it. However, some members didn't like it and the administration thought that difficult children might help more people find the site when using search engines so we switched to difficult children. I guess it goes to show you can never make everyone happy. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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