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<blockquote data-quote="Iamtiredandsad2" data-source="post: 752231" data-attributes="member: 24532"><p>Thank you for the advice. You know, because of my religious upbringing and later self dissociation from this, I just cringe when around anything involving church. My parents were in a very cult like religion and everything was a sin. Yes. I cringe. I'm pretty sure these organizations have helped many; but I'm not ready yet.I don't drink or smoke- a total prude in that sense.I believe that being a teacher for 30 years plus helped me not go that route because basically I did not want to lose my job and had a child to raise. The last thing I wanted was that my abusive ex-husband use something like this to continue attacking me from afar. I also believe that a lot of my frustration is that I tried to teach my son not to get involved with alcohol, drugs etc because not only it would be a poor choice in his life but also- a big also- I did not want to be judged by my colleagues. They love to point fingers and talk BS. But God Forbid anyone talking about the Friday's "Union Members Meetup" in bars where many sordid things have happened behind closed doors. I just did not want to be their target. I was anyway. I wasn't part of their clique nor ever wanted to be. All this did not stop my son from using. My therapist told me that his mental illness is a factor and that is a way of self medicating. It's very hard to accept. I do feel like a failure when it comes to him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iamtiredandsad2, post: 752231, member: 24532"] Thank you for the advice. You know, because of my religious upbringing and later self dissociation from this, I just cringe when around anything involving church. My parents were in a very cult like religion and everything was a sin. Yes. I cringe. I'm pretty sure these organizations have helped many; but I'm not ready yet.I don't drink or smoke- a total prude in that sense.I believe that being a teacher for 30 years plus helped me not go that route because basically I did not want to lose my job and had a child to raise. The last thing I wanted was that my abusive ex-husband use something like this to continue attacking me from afar. I also believe that a lot of my frustration is that I tried to teach my son not to get involved with alcohol, drugs etc because not only it would be a poor choice in his life but also- a big also- I did not want to be judged by my colleagues. They love to point fingers and talk BS. But God Forbid anyone talking about the Friday's "Union Members Meetup" in bars where many sordid things have happened behind closed doors. I just did not want to be their target. I was anyway. I wasn't part of their clique nor ever wanted to be. All this did not stop my son from using. My therapist told me that his mental illness is a factor and that is a way of self medicating. It's very hard to accept. I do feel like a failure when it comes to him. [/QUOTE]
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