Alb---I read your post about Easter and the post above that from about a week before. Hugs to you. You are doing such a great job dealing with the ups and downs of your difficult child.
Maybe Easter difficult child was struggling hard to stay the course. It must be the hardest thing in the world to do---to stop using. The book When the Servant Becomes the Master says addiction is in the part of the brain that is all about survival. It's not in the thinking part of the brain.
So it's like breathing. The urge to use is that fundamental and that basic. It is instinctive once activated and in full blown addiction.
How hard would it be to stop breathing? I can't imagine.
I know how hard I work and how hard it is for me to stop my old behaviors. I struggle and I succeed and I fail. Just like our difficult children must do, to stop using and to rebuild their lives.
Who knows what the future is? I'm glad you saw him but I hope you are okay with seeing him.
Blessings on all of us today. We are doing some really really hard stuff that most will never realize about.
