Thread: Sober parenting
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Old 09-27-2009, 02:16 PM
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ventuhome
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My now teen age kids are both mildly autistic/ADHD, and when they were little, I just couldnt handle it alone. My mom, my day, my siblings, and my housekeeper all pitched in to watch the kids a lot so I wouldn't be flipping out. And I'm a sober person!! I also went to see a psychiatrist and got prescribed some prozac. It really keeps me from going nuts. Its an extremely long acting, slow acting anti-depressant that you cant get high on. Some kids are just more....intense. If you can join a preschool mom's group and do some babysitting exchange, that can also be a good break. Your sobriety will mean so much to your kids later on. My son now comes home with horror stories about other kids in his school whose parents are drug/alcohol abusers. He'll come right out and tell me "I'm so glad you're not that way". He knows he was a handful. Good luck and let us know how it goes.
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