Wow, Pernell. Your posts are golden.
As informed as I have become about addiction and how it affects the addict, you never fail to give me added insight to straight goods truth. I totally trust the information you post on these boards, even if it is not what I want to read. I want the truth, Pernell, and love you for telling it like it is.
As informed as I may be, and as seriously as I may have worked my recovery over many years, I still recognize myself when you use the word "denial". I have read everything I could get my hands on about crack cocaine and many other drugs, I have read about how addicted people are affected, physically, psychologically, and emotionally, and affects of long term use. I have read everything about codependency that I could find. And still, I ask the question "Why? too often.
Please continue to give us information - I am listening and I can hear you, and I am grateful from the bottom of my heart.