It’s Thanksgiving. Family, feasting, a four day weekend and football. A time to be thankful and filled with gratitude. For those of you dealing with a loved one’s addiction, holidays may be none of those things or maybe a fraction of them. Holidays have become a dreaded occasion. The anxiety, stress, anguish, strife and chaos have become the norm. …
They have to hit Rock Bottom-Wait…What???
One of the most absurd things I have ever heard is “They have to hit their rock bottom, before they will want help”. Or, “they have to be ready”, “They chose drugs over family”….What whatttttttt?! Here are my thoughts….THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. So let me get this straight, when my daughter is down in the worst part of Detroit, …
Addiction-Embrace the Moments
She was 2 months clean, after experiencing several seizures due to xanax withdrawal that hospitalized her. I remember this moment so clearly. It was a Friday night, and my youngest daughter Brooke and I were going to work on a puzzle. One of those huge 5000 piece puzzles that make my brain fizzle but she loves them. We started …