losing children to addiction
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losing children to addiction
I was at work when I got the call that my 30 year old daughter D was on life support in the hospital. When I got there I was greeted by my other children and my ex-wife, D's Mom and her stepfather. D had taken an overdose of drugs and alcohol. We were told that she could not be saved and we were given the option of removing her from the machines that were keeping her alive. We signed the papers at 5pm on New Years eve in 1987. She died at 9pm. I have felt the pain of that loss every day for the last 26 years. Drugs and alcohol killed my Daughter. She had the disease. "She was not bad trying to get good but sick trying to get well." She was an alcoholic and drug addict who committed suicide and left 2 young daughters without a Mom. When I go to my AA meeting, I see a woman who went to high school with my daughter and she becomes my daughters staying sober. I say my daughters because I lost a second daughter to drugs in 2011, but that is another story. I punish the killer alcohol by not drinking and I will do it 24/7 for the rest of my time on this planet.
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Location: Baton Rouge, La.
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I am so sorry to hear of your loss. It makes
us sad and angry to hear how this devil of
a substance continues to destroy and rip
loved ones from us each day.
My 2 kids were young when I entered recovery
and today am very grateful for that important
gift given to me at that time in my life.
With a program of recovery to build my life
upon and raise my little ones on, both of them
have reach adult stages without addiction.
For me, that is a blessing. A gift to always
be grateful for.
Over the yrs. I learned that I needed to
be a role model for them right there in
my own home. I guiding light of useful
information passed on to me to pass on
to them.
Even tho they are miles away from me,
living their own lives today, im pretty sure
they know I am just a text or phone call
away if for some reason they need my
help.
As long as the devil alcohol is around disguising
itself in many forms, tempting, killing, robbing,
folks, i'll try to the best of my ability to continue
passing on the knowledge and tools of a recovery
program that has been so freely passed on to me,
to help them, encourage them, be supportive and
compassionate to them so they will know that
their is a life worth living after alcohol.
us sad and angry to hear how this devil of
a substance continues to destroy and rip
loved ones from us each day.
My 2 kids were young when I entered recovery
and today am very grateful for that important
gift given to me at that time in my life.
With a program of recovery to build my life
upon and raise my little ones on, both of them
have reach adult stages without addiction.
For me, that is a blessing. A gift to always
be grateful for.
Over the yrs. I learned that I needed to
be a role model for them right there in
my own home. I guiding light of useful
information passed on to me to pass on
to them.
Even tho they are miles away from me,
living their own lives today, im pretty sure
they know I am just a text or phone call
away if for some reason they need my
help.
As long as the devil alcohol is around disguising
itself in many forms, tempting, killing, robbing,
folks, i'll try to the best of my ability to continue
passing on the knowledge and tools of a recovery
program that has been so freely passed on to me,
to help them, encourage them, be supportive and
compassionate to them so they will know that
their is a life worth living after alcohol.
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You've got the message. How we live today is restitution in some small measure for the damage we did when we were using. Thank you so much for living the program in Baton Rouge. ((((you))))
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