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<blockquote data-quote="Calamity Jane" data-source="post: 561139" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>Hi PG,</p><p>I was gone for a while due to power outages/Sandy, but I got internet and wanted to touch base.</p><p></p><p>When my difficult child was in the early stages of using, and we were asleep at the wheel, he would always try to throw us off track by denigrating other known users in the area, saying things like, "I don't want him NEAR our house, he's such a drug addict." He also used to say things like, "Why would anyone want to take drugs and drink, etc., it makes them stupid." </p><p></p><p>I was floored when we found out he was actually a big user and drinker while he was saying those things. I felt totally duped and I lost all respect for him for playing me like that, and haven't believed a word he said since then, without verification.</p><p></p><p>I'm hoping your daughter, who is hopefully more mature than my difficult child, said those things not so much to keep you off the trail, but as you said, more because she doesn't want to sever her relationship with and disappoint her family. I understand how invested you are, in every meaning of the word, in her making a sincere effort, and I keep you in my thoughts an prayers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calamity Jane, post: 561139, member: 13882"] Hi PG, I was gone for a while due to power outages/Sandy, but I got internet and wanted to touch base. When my difficult child was in the early stages of using, and we were asleep at the wheel, he would always try to throw us off track by denigrating other known users in the area, saying things like, "I don't want him NEAR our house, he's such a drug addict." He also used to say things like, "Why would anyone want to take drugs and drink, etc., it makes them stupid." I was floored when we found out he was actually a big user and drinker while he was saying those things. I felt totally duped and I lost all respect for him for playing me like that, and haven't believed a word he said since then, without verification. I'm hoping your daughter, who is hopefully more mature than my difficult child, said those things not so much to keep you off the trail, but as you said, more because she doesn't want to sever her relationship with and disappoint her family. I understand how invested you are, in every meaning of the word, in her making a sincere effort, and I keep you in my thoughts an prayers. [/QUOTE]
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