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...

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macksbaby 08/07/2012

sigh.....

There are so many emotions right now. I can't tell up from down. Mack has been clean for 2 months. He's doing good. Looks healthy again. He smiles. He laughs. He sings to me everyday. He's ready to move forward. I'm ready to move forward. I'm excited and nervous. I can't tell if I want to laugh or cry. Rehab was our agrement. I would only stay if he got into a treatment program. I don't think rehab is going to make that much of a difference at this point. But I will not back down. This is our agreement. The man and the addict both need to know that I am serious. I am starting to see more and more of the man. Less of the addict. I'm getting a little more comfortable with our relationship. I'm even starting to trust him again. Just a tiny bit. Not too much. Just a smidge. But at least it's a start. Tomorrow is going to be hard.

One day at a time....

deleted_user 08/07/2012

Wow..So Nice to hear!! He obviously does have serious love for you if he aggreed to seek help in order to keep you around. You are very special and do exactly that.. take one day at a time.. It's so good to hear a positive story here every once in a while.. Our addicts bring so much negativity to our lives sometimes, it's a relief to hear all the good stuff too... You will be in my thoughts as you start a whole new journey tomorrow.. Good luck and keep updating!

blueviolet725 08/07/2012

Yipeeee...finally! The good thing is then he can get out, and back to work and you will get to see how he is handling things with his new knowlege from rehab.
You have made it! What a long long long long long wait.
((((Happy dance!!!!))))

deehigs 08/07/2012

I wish you and Mack the best! Sounds look things are falling into place. I remember when you were doing the count down and didn't think you would make it and here we are Good Luck! Dee

deleted_user 08/07/2012

Great to hear, sounds like ya'll may be moving in the right direction. I tell my addict that I can only live one day at a time and can't talk about the future because we are not at that point yet. So glad for you!!!

kimpalmer 08/07/2012

YAYYYY!!! God speed Mack.. Will be keeping you both in prayer!

cinpc850 08/08/2012

WOO!! HOOO!!! I'm so excited for both of you. Even though he has been clean for 2 months now he is still very young in his recovery. Rehab will give him the tools and strength to continue on this journey. If he has been able to get this far without it than I'm hoping that with it he will excel. Another thing I wanted to point out is a lot of addicts that hit the point where they've been able to sustain some clean time without any form of rehab program often think they have this thing down and they refuse to go when the day comes. Sometimes that leads to another downward spiral because they become overly confident that they won't slip again. So I think it's great that you won't back down and I think it's great on his part that he is going to keep up his end of the agreement as well. It takes a lot of courage to do what both of you are doing. God bless you both and I hope all goes well and that this leads to a lifetime of continued recovery and being clean.

macksbaby 08/08/2012

Thank you everyone! This has truly been a very long wait. I'm so glad they didn't push the date back again. But everything happens for a reason. I think Mack will be more receptive to treatment now that he's got some clean time under his belt. His brain seems to be working a bit better lately. We will see what happens. Thanks again.

deleted_user 08/08/2012

YAY! I'm glad the time is finally here.

I think this is going to be a make or break for Mack. If he's going in 2 months clean, that's great! He's past the withdrawal and nasty feelings and mainly it's now controlling his mind and avoiding the cravings that come and go. It'll be great for him to be around others and really get to the root of his problems.

For you....it's going to be such a load off you. Sure, you'll worry about him and think of him. But use this time for you. Get your mind right, get yourself back on track....you can do this and be ready for when Mack gets out.

It's a great place to be on this side of recovery. But there are also lots of strange feelings and emotions that come through you. At least it did and does for me.

All you have to do is take life one day at a time....good luck to you and yes, please keep updating! :)