A Mother's Journey with her Daughters Addiction
A Mother's Journey with her Daughters Addiction
I was recently connected with a young woman named Kassie. She is an extremely talented writer in recovery and I am honored to share one of her incredible poems. “He” It’s time to wake up, I heard him whisper, It’s time to start your day, I know you’re sick as a dog, he said, But I’m here and it’s time …
As I was getting ready this morning for a doctor’s apppointment, I’m, as usual, running late, the dogs won’t go outside to pee as its raining, which is crazy, so I have to practically shove them out, I then run up the steps, trip on them going UP (who does that?!) and spill my coffee all over myself, the floor, …
I remember hearing my mom say when she spoke at a conference, “as long as I’m breathing, there is still hope”. But one year ago, I lost that hope. I questioned how genuine she was when she said that. How could she be hopeful when I was so hopeless? How could I put her through so much yet she …
Ok, well maybe it is a LITTLE. I mean, who doesn’t love cupcakes and massages?! In the early days of my daughter’s addiction, I would hear this term “self care” a lot. I was SO enthralled in grief, putting out daily fires and the constant chaos, that I was like “Who has TIME for that!”. Are you kidding me? How …
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. …
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, …
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 …
Note from Katie: I receive many messages from readers, I am touched by every single one. With her permission, I felt compelled to share this. While the writer remains anonymous, its a story you need to hear, the powerful and heartbreaking reality of the disease – her strength just amazes me. I was adopted into a family of 16 siblings, …
My dear friend Anna sent me a text this morning…she’s this amazing soul with deep insight. While watching the news reports of Hurricane Irma, it comes to mind a harsh and strikingly similar feeling of addiction and the powerful destructiveness of anyone or anything in its path. Addiction is a progressive disease, much like the progressive formation of a hurricane. Hurricane …