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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 749524" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>I am pretty open with most people. I am less open when I run into people who are parents of my sons classmates when he was in school. Then I say something pretty casual. But in general I have found when I am open I hear stories from people about people in their lives who have also struggled with addiction. Many many people have this experience to some extent. I have one friend, who is now a very good friend, who when I casually made a comment about my son and going to alanon stopped in her tracks and said we have to talk because she also has a son with serious addiction issues. It made us fast friends because we know we can talk to each other.... although our friendship is much more than that and we actually dont talk about it all that much. The one thing I have a hard time is when people say “Im so sorry” or “I dont know how you do it”. I really dont want people to feel sorry for me or pity me. I have found a way to live my life and when they say stuff like that I feel like they understand the pain but dont understand how you can still live your life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 749524, member: 15801"] I am pretty open with most people. I am less open when I run into people who are parents of my sons classmates when he was in school. Then I say something pretty casual. But in general I have found when I am open I hear stories from people about people in their lives who have also struggled with addiction. Many many people have this experience to some extent. I have one friend, who is now a very good friend, who when I casually made a comment about my son and going to alanon stopped in her tracks and said we have to talk because she also has a son with serious addiction issues. It made us fast friends because we know we can talk to each other.... although our friendship is much more than that and we actually dont talk about it all that much. The one thing I have a hard time is when people say “Im so sorry” or “I dont know how you do it”. I really dont want people to feel sorry for me or pity me. I have found a way to live my life and when they say stuff like that I feel like they understand the pain but dont understand how you can still live your life. [/QUOTE]
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