Old 03-26-2014, 12:15 AM
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Morning Glory
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I can totally relate to this.

I was feeling so depressed and so hopeless with my son's addiction recently.
I was discussing a grave plot with my sister. My mother owns it, but it is next to my son's father's grave. I told my sister I didn't think my son would live much longer and I wanted to bury him next to his father.

Her immediate answer to me was "I hope he doesn't take a lot of people out with him".
My son doesn't drive and doesn't have a car so where did that come from? He has never involved my sister in his addiction.

Society not only dismisses the addict, but dismisses the family of the addict as well.
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