I’ve been doing this a long time so I’ve seen the impact on the next generation. I remember the mothers with their children…trying to keep the family together. And, now those children are teenagers or young adults and too damn many are now either addicts themselves, involved with addicts, suffering the fallout, and some resorting to a permanent fix for a temporary problem.
Being a teenager is harder these days than it was when I was young. Yeah, there has always been bullying. But, with todays technology and social media, bullying goes cyber by the time school is over for the day. Having a mom or a dad who is an addict, or being forced into therapy or meetings puts a bullseye on these kids backs.
Their homes should be a sanctuary away from it all for them…not the cause.