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I hate this cycle of worry
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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 527431" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Just Tuesday in my parent meeting I shared the fact that I couldn't sleep at night and when I did finally fall asleep I would wake in a panic and I was so tired of not being able to sleep and thats all I wanted to do. I then declared that I was going to do whatever it took to not allow my difficult child to keep me from sleeping anymore. Of course I cried and several other mom's and one dad began crying too, remembering those days with their addicts and knowing it could all happen again at any moment. I felt embarrassed that I could even get through my few minutes of sharing without crying but they told me after that it helped them. I even had a young man who is in recovery come up and tell me that he needed to hear that so he never forgets what he did to his family.</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry you aren't sleeping TL. For me it's the cray wild thoughts I get i my head and the projections of what is going to happen and they go round and round and I just want to replace those thoughts with other thoughts and sometimes I just can't. You know it's in the quiet of the night that our heads play games with us. Once day comes and I can think clearer I am a little more calm but those nights are horrid.</p><p></p><p>There is no sense in telling you not to think about it because nothing I say will change your worry. I think after a while we get desensistized to some of it and I keep reminding myself that my not sleeping is not going to change anything.</p><p></p><p>Just sending hugs and hopes that you can find a way to sleep at night (without drugs lol). I told my husband it was a wonder I haven't resorted to taking drugs to help me sleep and if this is at all the way difficult child feels I almost understand why she takes drugs to forget.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 527431, member: 59"] Just Tuesday in my parent meeting I shared the fact that I couldn't sleep at night and when I did finally fall asleep I would wake in a panic and I was so tired of not being able to sleep and thats all I wanted to do. I then declared that I was going to do whatever it took to not allow my difficult child to keep me from sleeping anymore. Of course I cried and several other mom's and one dad began crying too, remembering those days with their addicts and knowing it could all happen again at any moment. I felt embarrassed that I could even get through my few minutes of sharing without crying but they told me after that it helped them. I even had a young man who is in recovery come up and tell me that he needed to hear that so he never forgets what he did to his family. I'm sorry you aren't sleeping TL. For me it's the cray wild thoughts I get i my head and the projections of what is going to happen and they go round and round and I just want to replace those thoughts with other thoughts and sometimes I just can't. You know it's in the quiet of the night that our heads play games with us. Once day comes and I can think clearer I am a little more calm but those nights are horrid. There is no sense in telling you not to think about it because nothing I say will change your worry. I think after a while we get desensistized to some of it and I keep reminding myself that my not sleeping is not going to change anything. Just sending hugs and hopes that you can find a way to sleep at night (without drugs lol). I told my husband it was a wonder I haven't resorted to taking drugs to help me sleep and if this is at all the way difficult child feels I almost understand why she takes drugs to forget. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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