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Old 08-30-2010, 12:06 PM
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Chino
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Originally Posted by Japic05 View Post
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink it"

It is very painful to watch a loved one walk that path of addiction, active using and self-destruction ~ but until they want a different life there is not much we can do. You can provide the options for them but they usually have to want to change themselves.
Lady, if you look to the left you'll see a link for a blog I wrote over a year ago. Your post reminded me of the anguish I felt when I typed it.

My friend is fine now, though it took another year of hell before she climbed out of it. She had to lose so much, everyone walked away from her for a while including family, but she ended up reaching out for help and found herself
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