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<blockquote data-quote="Dad34" data-source="post: 765554" data-attributes="member: 32757">You may have seen it already but on this CD website there’s a very helpful article on detachment: <a href="https://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/article-on-detachment.53639/" target="_blank">Article on Detachment </a>Detaching from our addicted adult children is difficult but absolutely necessary for our own sanity.Many parents on this website have struggled with similar feelings of guilt, fear, anxiety, etc., that you are feeling. I&nbsp; have a 34 yo daughter addicted to alcohol and drugs. I haven’t heard from her for many months, and though it’s heartbreaking, I’m doing ‘okay’, I still wrestle with many of these feelings every day. But it can get better. Keep reading this website, as it is encouraging to know you are not alone. I agree with the advice given by New Leaf and Copa. Your safety and the safety of your daughters is the highest priority, even if you need to consider getting a restraining order against your son.Copa mentioned Al Anon, and it has helped me immensely. I read from their book ‘One Day at a Time’ every day. They also encourage using the Serenity Prayer, which asks God to help us accept what we can’t control (our adult, addicted children) and then turn them over to God.Praying for you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dad34, post: 765554, member: 32757"] You may have seen it already but on this CD website there’s a very helpful article on detachment: [URL='https://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/article-on-detachment.53639/']Article on Detachment [/URL] Detaching from our addicted adult children is difficult but absolutely necessary for our own sanity. Many parents on this website have struggled with similar feelings of guilt, fear, anxiety, etc., that you are feeling. I have a 34 yo daughter addicted to alcohol and drugs. I haven’t heard from her for many months, and though it’s heartbreaking, I’m doing ‘okay’, I still wrestle with many of these feelings every day. But it can get better. Keep reading this website, as it is encouraging to know you are not alone. I agree with the advice given by New Leaf and Copa. Your safety and the safety of your daughters is the highest priority, even if you need to consider getting a restraining order against your son. Copa mentioned Al Anon, and it has helped me immensely. I read from their book ‘One Day at a Time’ every day. They also encourage using the Serenity Prayer, which asks God to help us accept what we can’t control (our adult, addicted children) and then turn them over to God. Praying for you. [/QUOTE]

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