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<blockquote data-quote="elizabrary" data-source="post: 749536" data-attributes="member: 11235"><p>Well, I deal with it differently than most. I used to try to hide the mess my daughter's life was in. Then as I got healthier I realized I shouldn't have to hide her decisions, since in reality they are in no way my fault. So I started telling everyone the truth about what was going on. When my daughter first found out she was livid. I responded with, "You're doing it, so you must think it's OK." She didn't really have anything to say back to that. It was very freeing when I stopped trying to hide things and worrying about what people knew. I will also say that's kind of my personality anyway. I just don't give a f*ck what other people think so I do whatever I want. I figured that really people had probably heard something about what was going on with her, true or not, so I might as well give them the truth. And yes, it was also a way of putting it back in my daughter's face. Mind you I also put it out there when she is doing well. I bragged away about her when she got sober and as she has worked hard on her education. There's no one right answer. This slightly insane way just works well for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elizabrary, post: 749536, member: 11235"] Well, I deal with it differently than most. I used to try to hide the mess my daughter's life was in. Then as I got healthier I realized I shouldn't have to hide her decisions, since in reality they are in no way my fault. So I started telling everyone the truth about what was going on. When my daughter first found out she was livid. I responded with, "You're doing it, so you must think it's OK." She didn't really have anything to say back to that. It was very freeing when I stopped trying to hide things and worrying about what people knew. I will also say that's kind of my personality anyway. I just don't give a f*ck what other people think so I do whatever I want. I figured that really people had probably heard something about what was going on with her, true or not, so I might as well give them the truth. And yes, it was also a way of putting it back in my daughter's face. Mind you I also put it out there when she is doing well. I bragged away about her when she got sober and as she has worked hard on her education. There's no one right answer. This slightly insane way just works well for me. [/QUOTE]
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