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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 673790" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Welcome 4now, I am glad you found us. I completely understand what you are saying. For the life of me I could not understand why my daughter wanted to give up her life with us and all the opportunities she had for a life of homelessness and drugs and friends who have no last names and court dates and hunger and cold and it goes on and on. I was making myself sick because I was putting myself in her place and there was no way I would ever want to live like that. I couldn't eat or sleep and I found no joy in life, even though I have a wonderful husband and another daughter who I loved dearly.</p><p></p><p>I found great support in Families Anonymous, they deal with not just substance abuse but mental illness and other issues which impact families. I also found the more I shared with very close friends the more I found I was not alone. For me I had to walk through my pain and I finally came out on the other side. Although I love my daughter dearly I have had to accept that she does not want the same things in life that I do. She is doing much better now but she still struggles because of some of her earlier choices.</p><p></p><p>All we can do is keep the candle burning in the window for if and when they decide they want a different life. I use to hate the holidays, but I have grown to again enjoy them. I hope you do the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 673790, member: 59"] Welcome 4now, I am glad you found us. I completely understand what you are saying. For the life of me I could not understand why my daughter wanted to give up her life with us and all the opportunities she had for a life of homelessness and drugs and friends who have no last names and court dates and hunger and cold and it goes on and on. I was making myself sick because I was putting myself in her place and there was no way I would ever want to live like that. I couldn't eat or sleep and I found no joy in life, even though I have a wonderful husband and another daughter who I loved dearly. I found great support in Families Anonymous, they deal with not just substance abuse but mental illness and other issues which impact families. I also found the more I shared with very close friends the more I found I was not alone. For me I had to walk through my pain and I finally came out on the other side. Although I love my daughter dearly I have had to accept that she does not want the same things in life that I do. She is doing much better now but she still struggles because of some of her earlier choices. All we can do is keep the candle burning in the window for if and when they decide they want a different life. I use to hate the holidays, but I have grown to again enjoy them. I hope you do the same. [/QUOTE]
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