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...
Hi, I'm new here. My mom and dad were addicts. Well my mom probably still is. My dad went to prison for a long time when I was 7. My mom got worse, doing drugs and having relationships with a guys who did them too. I was around it alot. I started smoking pot at a young age and drinking too. Pot is my vice now. I don't want to end up like my mom doing harder drugs and all. It was hell living with her. She turned crazier and more paranoid. Her boyfriends came on to me alot. My brother did drugs and eventually killed himself with overdose at age 16. I've been on my own and have been around alot of drugs and addicts. I try to stay as clean as I can when it comes to alot of things but do still smoke pot. Not sure how to deal without it. It was very hard to see my mom so messed up all the time. She wasn't really there for me at all. I was always cleaning up after her and watching how drugs and drinking can turn people abusive. her relationshipw were all abusive and destructive. Constant tension and craziness around the house. Never liked to be there.. What's a stable homelife. I don't know. I wouldn't feel normal if I actually had some peace and stability. I tend to attract the same kind of stuff into my life wherever I go now.
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
I appreciate your honesty and I am VERY sorry for the pain that you have suffered. But any drug, is not the answer. Numbing is something that my daughter wanted to do, and eventually she was in the full grips of her addiction.
May I suggest a good counselor for you, so that you can begin your healing. There is a lot of help out there for you so that you can go forward with your life. There is a wonderful saying that I love. "No matter how tainted our past, our future can be spotless." It just means that we can let go of yesterday and do better, when we know better. And our past is not "who" we are.
Everyone's life is a gift and although your pain is deep I am sure, you can use that to turn your life around and help yourself and others too!
Bless you and remember, "Our aspirations are our possibilities" ( I forget who quoted that) but I like it.
((hugs))
EllaBlue
After you've gone without it for awhile you wont want it any more. You'll feel better and think better without it.