Originally Posted by Kindeyes

Hello and welcome to the forum.

You're getting lots of feedback from a vast array of people with experience with addiction:

Some are......

.....experienced with one addict and a currently successful outcome.

......experienced with one addict and have been dragged through the mire for years.

.....recovering addicts themselves.

.....experienced with multiple addicts and multiple rehab centers.

......new to the experience of addiction struggling with their own thoughts and feelings.

......working with the families of addicts and/or working directly with addicts in a volunteer or professional capacity.

Wow! That's what's really great about SR.....the wide variety of experiences.....all have some value. Their thoughts are shared with you but all are strongly biased by their own experiences. Always....take what is helpful to you and leave the rest (or store it away where you can refer to it in the future).

The one thing we all have in common is.....we love someone who is addicted. That is what brings us all here.

ke