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Would Like Some Support - Trying Not to Get Sucked In . . .
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<blockquote data-quote="seek" data-source="post: 714297" data-attributes="member: 22002"><p>Totally not into Alanon - tried it for several years . . . too pathologizing, sad, depressing - for me . . .</p><p></p><p>I think one of my problems is that every time he relapses and then is on the upswing, I go into thinking he is "normal" - in the sense that I start thinking he has common sense, is going to now make good decisions - sees the errors of his ways, etc. I think I do this because this pattern has been going on since he was a teen - so I thought he didn't learn things that normal kids learn - and he's still young, so I somehow fall into this thinking trap. He is also very smart and good looking - so I think that somehow I equate that to being able to make good decisions (don't ask how I come to that conclusion - it has to do with perceptions and ideas I have about people).</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the support. That's all I was really looking for . . . I know my thinking is skewed. Will have to work on that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seek, post: 714297, member: 22002"] Totally not into Alanon - tried it for several years . . . too pathologizing, sad, depressing - for me . . . I think one of my problems is that every time he relapses and then is on the upswing, I go into thinking he is "normal" - in the sense that I start thinking he has common sense, is going to now make good decisions - sees the errors of his ways, etc. I think I do this because this pattern has been going on since he was a teen - so I thought he didn't learn things that normal kids learn - and he's still young, so I somehow fall into this thinking trap. He is also very smart and good looking - so I think that somehow I equate that to being able to make good decisions (don't ask how I come to that conclusion - it has to do with perceptions and ideas I have about people). Thanks for the support. That's all I was really looking for . . . I know my thinking is skewed. Will have to work on that. [/QUOTE]
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