Originally Posted by
dreamer26 
Hammer I guess the difference is the way it effects your daily life.. The fact that drugs are illegal.. I did go to my doctor today and she told me alanon.. And she gave me a number to a therapist that deals specifically with families of substance abusers so I feel a lot more positive
Then during prohibition I suppose they would have been the same?
Look not trying to dog you at all. I follow you do not want to go. Big deal. Go Anyway. An Addict does not want to stop. In the end, they have to stop, anyway.
Effects on the family life (our side of the street, right?), is a mess either way. DWI, night in jail. Drugging -- Busted with [insert drug of choice], etc. etc.
Even the totally legal addictions are mess for the family. Eating Disorder. Cutting/Self-Injury, on and on.
Alanon is for and about YOU. Not the addict/alky/flavor-of-the-month addiction.