Originally Posted by
loner1968 
It strikes me that we tell each other to give the addict the dignity to find their own way, live their own lives etc. As far as I can tell from a personal standpoint and from what I read here nobody in addiction has much dignity. Seems kind of pointless.
Are we really giving them dignity? How can we when they show over and over that they have no idea what it is? and when we have allowed ours to fall so far out of sight how can we say we are giving it to someon else? Just wondering.
:wtf2
My sister behaves with no dignity when drinking. The way I show her human dignity is that I still love her and let her know that she still is a mother, sister, daughter etc. Even though it seems a hard battle at times to respect her actions, she still needs to know that I respect the person she really is behind the addiction. We all deserve some kind of respect. I now try to separate
her from the drinking by not talking to the drinker and only respecting the person I love. Does that make any sense?