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Old 04-17-2007, 06:26 AM
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BigSis
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What my kids' counselor told me... after she had wrecked her third or fourth car...

Why? Why would she ever get help? She has a roof over her head, a warm bed, a hot meal, a car to drive AND all the drugs she can score.

She has no reason to get sober.

That stayed with me.... and later, I learned that by "being there" for her, I had actually contributed to her continued using. Hard pill for me to swallow... but I started going to meetings and started figuring out what I was willing NOT to do anymore.

It helped.

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