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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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My day...today...misplaced my debit card...didn't realize it until I got to the register after shopping to a full cart. Used a different debit card and pulled apart everything looking for missing debit card before I left parking lot. Got home, dropped keys. So now I have a missing debit card, missing keys. A full cartload to unload and put away. I got everything put away.Dumped purse for a...
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I don't really know how to label this but I having a rough week and I can't say it's one thing.... I have a lot on my plate which is nothing new and I try to cope in many positive ways and do but I still have my moments.My kids more so my daughters talk to me about everything which I know it's cause of comfort and we are close.... however I really struggle with the venting about their dad which...
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.