Author: rule62

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 3:34 pm

Hi wisharer,

It is good to have a place like this to post how you really feel w/o being judged or having no one understand. That is why most of us addicts like this place. We all share the same messed up brain that has the defect of addiction. No one else really understands us so we stick with like kind and share whatever is bothering us or is making us happy.

This thing with your daughter…think back to when you were 20 something and how you’d take advice from your parents. If yours were like mine then we’d agree that they didn’t handle it quite well. Mostly it was denial. No parent wants to find out his/her daughter or son is using any kind of mind altering drug.

I am going to say just what was taught to me in college when I studied for my CDS. (Chemical Dependency Specialist) Be honest. Don’t preach, advise, or insist she do anything. Just tell her why you used and what happened as a result. Why did we use in the first place? 1) Curiosity 2) Damn, it felt good 3) All our friends were into it. Just tell her she has the same % of being an addict as you did. "The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree" as they say. By the time my parents really knew what was happening, it was too late. I had to find recovery on my own and it took many years of suffering (and plenty of good times too) but I eventually got there.

Sorry for the long post but my fingers just kept going. Be Honest. That is really the main important message.

Hopefully it is just curiosity and there will be no problems in the future for her.