I kicked God out of the car....several times!

When you are at the end of your rope, don’t give up on the addicted child, but do not give in to the addict, either. Keep the distance you need to keep to be safe — physically, emotionally, and financially. I know its the hardest thing in the world, tough love. Goes against everything you know as a parent.

And I am not proud to say that at times my relationship took a backseat. I am certainly not proud that God has not even taken the backseat at times, heck, I kicked him out of the car....several times... but we have been friends for a long time so he understood I was just venting...lol

In many ways, an addict is like an never ending bomb. The addict suffers each explosion, but the shrapnel from each explosion also makes casualties of everyone in their path.

Heroin is dangerous because at best you're not just at Death's door -- you're in Death's living room having a gamers "Call of Duty" marathon. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

Whether you realize it or not, each interaction we make on this epidemic will help raise awareness about drug addiction and its direct effect on not only the addict, but the family.

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Drugs hi-jacked the person I love. Deep inside that lovable child and promising adult is still there. I'm not going to hide - I'm going to fight. I'm going to share my experience in the off chance it will help my child - anyone's child. I have already learned that until my daughter is ready to fight, too, there may be little else I can do but write about it.

I’ve done everything I can think of to make this THING go away, but it is relentless. I am left to face the truth. When you have a troubled child, you will get all kinds of advice from others. Some advice will be unhelpful, other advice will be helpful, but difficult to follow. Some of the best advice will challenge your instinctive parental behavior—such as always taking care of your child, always defending your child, and always trying to protect them from pain.

I had to un-learn some natural parental techniques that are actually unhelpful in parenting an addicted child. Trust your own instinctual wisdom, even as you also listen to others and learn what works and what doesn’t work in this particular parenting situation.

Each and every one of these “addicts” deserves the chance at recovery. There are great people in recovery out there working very hard every day to make this world a better place.

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