As of last Thanksgiving, my daughter hadn't spoken to me for 6 months and, of course, she refused to have dinner with us. I was still in the "she'll get over it" phase, but Thanksgiving was a wake up. So my husband, daughter and I drove up to my brother's for the holiday because I couldn't bear to have a big dinner for just the three of us- and my brother's and his family are wonderful.
I asked my ED to come to our house and watch the cat while we were gone and she agreed. When I came home I found she had made thanksgiving dinner for her boyfriend at our place. Fine with me. She left the place a little messy. She's a slob, there can be no other opinion on that, but she ALMOST cleaned up the place so I just shrugged and finished cleaning up. I found the aluminum foil in the refrigerator. There was an open bottle of wine in the freezer and a desk chair in the middle of the bathroom.
Why?? My therapist said, immediately, "DRUGS. When there's no other explanation, it's probably drugs". WHAT??? When she didn't graduate college I asked for an explanation - I asked if she was going through some trauma or if she had a substance abuse problem, etc. She told me that I was wrong. In fact, I was a horrible person for suggesting that she was on drugs. But now I'm not sure....
I asked my ED to come to our house and watch the cat while we were gone and she agreed. When I came home I found she had made thanksgiving dinner for her boyfriend at our place. Fine with me. She left the place a little messy. She's a slob, there can be no other opinion on that, but she ALMOST cleaned up the place so I just shrugged and finished cleaning up. I found the aluminum foil in the refrigerator. There was an open bottle of wine in the freezer and a desk chair in the middle of the bathroom.
Why?? My therapist said, immediately, "DRUGS. When there's no other explanation, it's probably drugs". WHAT??? When she didn't graduate college I asked for an explanation - I asked if she was going through some trauma or if she had a substance abuse problem, etc. She told me that I was wrong. In fact, I was a horrible person for suggesting that she was on drugs. But now I'm not sure....
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