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Old 05-12-2013, 04:24 AM
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Ann
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Hi Amanda

I am the mama of an addict and I too enabled my son for many years, always thinking that if I just loved him enough, if I gave him a safe place to live and start over again, if I was there to supervise his choices...that maybe he would be able to stay clean.

It was a huge mistake, all I did was bring his addiction into my home, my place of peace became a war zone and I had given myself a front row seat to his addiction and that's the worse seat in the house.

Please tell your mama that the most loving thing we can do is to let go, and let our children find their own way. We can cheer them on and encourage them, but we cannot do for them what they should and can do for themselves.

I will keep your brother in my prayers, that he may find a better path and stay on it. And I will pray for you and your mama too, it is heart breaking to watch someone we love destroy their lives with drugs.

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