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Hello,
most know my story.. sorta and y'all know that I have a rough past with my parents.
remember how my mom and I were working on things?
she's not making much of an effort anymore and I think she might be using again... my aunt and I talked about it a few days ago.. I just wish she would stop. For not her, then for us, her kids.
my older brother is going to live with her again... hopefully she doesn't start her shit with him. I don't want him to end up going to jail, that's her favorite thing to do when it doesn't go her way, is call the cops on her kids. If she puts her hands on him, he is going to end up putting his hands on her like usual.
Hoping for everything to go well.
~positive vibes my friends, send them my way ~
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Sometimes, I think I have ODD. I can be oppositional. It seems that the only times that I feel like cleaning are when I should be doing something else or I have to go somewhere. Well, not everytime but most of the time. Yesterday, I was supposed to be doing online training for work but instead, I decided to work on my kitchen table. Most of the time, I don't know where to start and give...
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I have a possible new diagnosis to discuss with my therapist tomorrow. It might be the answer to a question that I have had since I was 19. It's called Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD). It happens to a large percentage of people with ADHD, which I have. Actually, I have been watching videos about ADD/ADHD lately. I remember my Mom telling me that she watched a show on ADD and she...
For what it's worth
The way you describe your relationship with your mother sounds like classic co-dependency. Emphasis on "Co-" There are two sides to the codependency coin. On my own recovery road, I put my focus on my side of that coin and admit I am powerless on the addict side. Let the recovery begin with me.
Addiction is a disease, not a choice. An addict can no more *quit* for other people than a cancer victim can *quit* having cancer for the sake of their children, whether adult or still young children.
But if she's done it before and has gotten away with it, she's likely to do it again. That's until a cop calls her on it some time, which a uniformed cop answering a 911 call isn't typically likely to do at the door with a mom.
Moving in knowing all of this seems a bit like dancing in the dragon's jaw to me, but it's his decision. All you can do is assure yourself that he was warned of the risk in advance, I suppose. Sending you support as you watch events unfold.