tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826726141027876702.post2585135570687486166..comments2023-10-06T08:31:56.275-07:00Comments on Addiction-A Mothers Perspective: I am powerless over........ Addiction-A Mothers Perspectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745252195085344418noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826726141027876702.post-977037381509438942013-02-21T11:04:46.647-08:002013-02-21T11:04:46.647-08:00I am so sorry for your pain. It is our most basic...I am so sorry for your pain. It is our most basic instinct to want to help and protect our children, even when they're not children any more. Do not risk your own recovery. You can't help your son until you take care of yourself. I had to learn that the hard way.<br />I sent you an email. I hope it helps. Addiction-A Mothers Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745252195085344418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826726141027876702.post-78780592343089534362013-02-20T23:14:03.310-08:002013-02-20T23:14:03.310-08:00I'm struggling a great deal right now with my ... I'm struggling a great deal right now with my son's addiction. I know that I'm hopeles and powerless over him. At the same time, I want to save him. Our relationship has lessened. I'm lost. I wholeheartedly have given my time into him that my own recovery is at risk. Please help!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061599444551644567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826726141027876702.post-17433603894464804122012-10-09T18:46:38.046-07:002012-10-09T18:46:38.046-07:00Thank you. I know you speak from the voice of exp...Thank you. I know you speak from the voice of experience. Addiction-A Mothers Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745252195085344418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826726141027876702.post-8981165084725841182012-10-09T18:46:07.434-07:002012-10-09T18:46:07.434-07:00Thank you, Erin. One of the good things that has ...Thank you, Erin. One of the good things that has come of all of this is that I have witnessed the grace of God in my son's life and have felt it in my own life. Without that grace, I don't think my son would be alive today. Addiction-A Mothers Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745252195085344418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826726141027876702.post-72848182028538692602012-10-09T18:41:44.689-07:002012-10-09T18:41:44.689-07:00I know for sure I will never be the same. This jo...I know for sure I will never be the same. This journey has forever changed the way I look at so many things in every area of my life. Much of what I have learned has been good. I think I've learned to be less judgmental and more compassionate, I've learned to forgive myself and others, and I'm learning how to trust God and strengthen my faith.<br />The underlying fear will always be there, that is a scar that won't go away. But, the Lord has taken what was meant for harm and somehow managed to bring some good out of it all. So we go on.......one day at a time. Addiction-A Mothers Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745252195085344418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826726141027876702.post-24551900192341140472012-10-07T04:49:58.594-07:002012-10-07T04:49:58.594-07:00Allow time to pass. The fear and suspicion will le...Allow time to pass. The fear and suspicion will lessen. <br />Dad and Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204246139693620329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826726141027876702.post-28241695516205533912012-10-06T14:42:52.098-07:002012-10-06T14:42:52.098-07:00I like your list. I am doing the same thing as you...I like your list. I am doing the same thing as you are when fear strikes I pray, give it over to God and ask him to help me to let it go. Kind of a spiritual discipline. I agree with Lisa, I don't think the worry will ever totally go away, our lives have been changed forever. I'm doing my best by the grace of God to try and live my life.<br /><br />I'm glad to hear that your son is doing so well, praise God! Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13169949411104658849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826726141027876702.post-80337265071684355112012-10-06T14:16:09.136-07:002012-10-06T14:16:09.136-07:00As a parent I don't think that fear ever entir...As a parent I don't think that fear ever entirely goes away. I also do not think that parents ever fully recover. Hopefully we learn to live our lives in spite of our son or daughter's addiction. But I think the worry will always be there.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326828345244691729noreply@blogger.com