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Old 07-02-2007, 08:58 AM
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Guinevere
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Misty Dawn, I am the mother of a AS who did every painkiller in the book before moving on to injecting heroin. He progressed in his addiction and through these drugs very swiftly. Even though I want him to have a significant relationship with a woman at some point in his life. I know that no woman deserves to share his burden of addiction.

While in a family and parent program at the treatment center, the counselors took participants through an activity to show that, as codependents, we suffered in many of the same areas of life that our addicts did, for example socially, emotionally, mentally, financially, and spiritually. Our symptoms were similar to theirs.

You deserve better than a life with an oxy addict. He may be charming and attentive, but his true love is his drug of choice. Read all you can to familiarize yourself with addiction, but also read about codependence.

I pray that you will love yourself enough to spare yourself of this painful experience.

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