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<blockquote data-quote="ColleenB" data-source="post: 717363" data-attributes="member: 19887"><p>Copa I know for me acceptance of my sons choices has been a huge roller coaster going from times of calm to all out terror! </p><p></p><p>I think we each have to find our own way of accepting and working through this experience of having addicted kids. No two paths are alike since no two addicts are alike. What works for your son may not work for mine.... and vice versa. </p><p></p><p>To me the common thread is OUR acceptance that we have done what we can and know when we can't do anymore... it's out of our hands. When I can help him I do.... and when I can't I have to accept that too. </p><p></p><p>This has fundamentally changed me as a human being. I am a very different person than I was before his addiction. Things that were important to me no longer are, and maybe my true self has shown itself. I don't need approval from others like I once did. I am the one who has to live with my decisions. </p><p></p><p>We all are doing the best we know how in exhausting and horrifying circumstances at times.... let's be kind to each other and support each persons journey even if it doesn't look like ours. THis is why I come here. My friends in real time cannot relate and therefor have more judgments. I feel acceptance here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ColleenB, post: 717363, member: 19887"] Copa I know for me acceptance of my sons choices has been a huge roller coaster going from times of calm to all out terror! I think we each have to find our own way of accepting and working through this experience of having addicted kids. No two paths are alike since no two addicts are alike. What works for your son may not work for mine.... and vice versa. To me the common thread is OUR acceptance that we have done what we can and know when we can't do anymore... it's out of our hands. When I can help him I do.... and when I can't I have to accept that too. This has fundamentally changed me as a human being. I am a very different person than I was before his addiction. Things that were important to me no longer are, and maybe my true self has shown itself. I don't need approval from others like I once did. I am the one who has to live with my decisions. We all are doing the best we know how in exhausting and horrifying circumstances at times.... let's be kind to each other and support each persons journey even if it doesn't look like ours. THis is why I come here. My friends in real time cannot relate and therefor have more judgments. I feel acceptance here. [/QUOTE]
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