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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 636824" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>Many of our grown adult children here on this site are addicts and alcoholics. One of the tenets of addiction is lying. Drug addicts and alcoholics lie. That is part of the disease. It is what they do. </p><p></p><p>It's not about us. Realizing that is a good step for us.</p><p></p><p>We're still furious and hurt and upset, but it is not personal. It's the disease.</p><p></p><p>They will steal and lie and rob and do things we never thought of or in any way would ever have condoned. Just that is enough to send us into a tailspin---that they did it.</p><p></p><p>Thinking it is personal---to us---how could they do this, to US, their mothers and relatives---adds a deeper layer of pain. It's good to understand it has nothing to do with us and everything to do with the brain disease, the mental illness, that is addiction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 636824, member: 17542"] Many of our grown adult children here on this site are addicts and alcoholics. One of the tenets of addiction is lying. Drug addicts and alcoholics lie. That is part of the disease. It is what they do. It's not about us. Realizing that is a good step for us. We're still furious and hurt and upset, but it is not personal. It's the disease. They will steal and lie and rob and do things we never thought of or in any way would ever have condoned. Just that is enough to send us into a tailspin---that they did it. Thinking it is personal---to us---how could they do this, to US, their mothers and relatives---adds a deeper layer of pain. It's good to understand it has nothing to do with us and everything to do with the brain disease, the mental illness, that is addiction. [/QUOTE]
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