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<blockquote data-quote="mof" data-source="post: 699381" data-attributes="member: 20533"><p>As Mom's we struggle with this always. We nurture, protect, and safeguard...but then I realized I did more for me and my shame of him.</p><p></p><p>I'm at the point of, who am I when you take the mother away? None of us handed our children drugs, taught them to break the law...or denied them mental help.</p><p></p><p>We handed them the tools...then we hovered, like they were alone on the playground and we had to stay close by. Their success and failure were so enmeshed in what I was feeling. At one time, I refused to purchase anything nice for myself because how could I reward myself, my son was a drug addict.</p><p></p><p>It's out of these broken moments that I realized I was acting like the broken sick person...when I had so much to feel joy for.</p><p></p><p>It's not easy...I can t tell you it gets easy.. but peace can be found, and a balance of yourself detaching from the draining emotions of them. </p><p></p><p>Your love for him will always be. Except that.love for his choices and life...probably not.</p><p></p><p>Hugs..we are not alone</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mof, post: 699381, member: 20533"] As Mom's we struggle with this always. We nurture, protect, and safeguard...but then I realized I did more for me and my shame of him. I'm at the point of, who am I when you take the mother away? None of us handed our children drugs, taught them to break the law...or denied them mental help. We handed them the tools...then we hovered, like they were alone on the playground and we had to stay close by. Their success and failure were so enmeshed in what I was feeling. At one time, I refused to purchase anything nice for myself because how could I reward myself, my son was a drug addict. It's out of these broken moments that I realized I was acting like the broken sick person...when I had so much to feel joy for. It's not easy...I can t tell you it gets easy.. but peace can be found, and a balance of yourself detaching from the draining emotions of them. Your love for him will always be. Except that.love for his choices and life...probably not. Hugs..we are not alone [/QUOTE]
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