Families & Friends Of Addicts Support Group
Addiction affects more than just the individual. This community is dedicated to the families and friends of individuals suffering from any form of addiction. Mental health professionals are increasingly considering alcoholism and addiction as diseases that flourish in and are enabled by family systems. Family members react to the addicted person with particular behavioral...
I just read this and I wanted to share because I think we can all relate to this: You never realize how strong you are until being stong is your only choice. There are certainly times when I feel like I have nothing left but then someway and somehow I find the Strenght, I believe it is divine intervention.
Sometimes I am amazed that my heart did not explode with the insanity of our lives. I survived thyroid cancer, my husband stroking out on me, and then finally my son's wild ride...I must be stronger or I would have been dead by now...and the first two seemed pretty damn easy!
I will add: we don't steer the boat, we are just along for the ride.