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<blockquote data-quote="Calamity Jane" data-source="post: 533050" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>What I just don't get is WHERE they get their arrogance that they think they can actually become a SA counselor to people, while every cell in their body still compels them to use. I don't know if he was just telling you that stuff so you would think, "wow, he really has his stuff together...he's actually telling other people about sobriety" or if he's just yanking your chain. My difficult child thinks he's an expert on everything, too - it's absurd.</p><p></p><p>difficult children should RUN from temptation, not run TOWARD it! They think if they hang around users they can "show" them how strong they are, and how they can be exposed to all this stuff, but have it wash right over them. They have a skewed sense of their power to resist, then they fall, then they feel shame, then they use again, etc., etc.. They think getting rid of their former friends who still use is an abandonment, when it's actually the only chance they have to make it one day at a time without slipping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calamity Jane, post: 533050, member: 13882"] What I just don't get is WHERE they get their arrogance that they think they can actually become a SA counselor to people, while every cell in their body still compels them to use. I don't know if he was just telling you that stuff so you would think, "wow, he really has his stuff together...he's actually telling other people about sobriety" or if he's just yanking your chain. My difficult child thinks he's an expert on everything, too - it's absurd. difficult children should RUN from temptation, not run TOWARD it! They think if they hang around users they can "show" them how strong they are, and how they can be exposed to all this stuff, but have it wash right over them. They have a skewed sense of their power to resist, then they fall, then they feel shame, then they use again, etc., etc.. They think getting rid of their former friends who still use is an abandonment, when it's actually the only chance they have to make it one day at a time without slipping. [/QUOTE]
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