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...
Sadly you are not alone. Loving an addict involves great pain and suffering. At least her child is safe with you... and your other children.
Take it one step at a time. May God give you the peace, strength, wisdom and comfort you need through this...
Addiction/alcholism reallysucks the life out of everyone.
boundaries and protecting the other children is very important.
If loving them, and praying for them was enough, they would all be sober. My daughter is still mad (two and 1/2 years after the son's sobriety) that I didn't set better boundaries earlier.
we can only do the best we can with what we know at the time.