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<blockquote data-quote="KTMom91" data-source="post: 754934" data-attributes="member: 4040"><p>I think drug use is less hidden than it was back in the day, when having an addicted family member was something to be ashamed of. My grandfather was an alcoholic, and none of the grandkids knew - until his last rehab stay. I'm the oldest, and I was probably 14 or so. </p><p></p><p>I agree with Crayola that the old timers/pioneers were tougher than we are, more fatalistic, in that there were fewer solutions for problems like addiction. I don't think there's an increase in mental illness, again, it was something to hide. My former mother in law was horrified to learn that my grandmother referred to mother in law's aunt as "that crazy (insert family name)." There were fewer solutions for mental illness and people who didn't conform were talked about, shut away, or sent away so as not to taint the family name.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KTMom91, post: 754934, member: 4040"] I think drug use is less hidden than it was back in the day, when having an addicted family member was something to be ashamed of. My grandfather was an alcoholic, and none of the grandkids knew - until his last rehab stay. I'm the oldest, and I was probably 14 or so. I agree with Crayola that the old timers/pioneers were tougher than we are, more fatalistic, in that there were fewer solutions for problems like addiction. I don't think there's an increase in mental illness, again, it was something to hide. My former mother in law was horrified to learn that my grandmother referred to mother in law's aunt as "that crazy (insert family name)." There were fewer solutions for mental illness and people who didn't conform were talked about, shut away, or sent away so as not to taint the family name. [/QUOTE]
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