“I don’t like the words ‘give up’ because that’s not what family members of people with substance issues do. We stop being in the addiction. We stop assisting the addiction.”
We don’t give up, we let go.
These are the facts of one dark world within a dark world. We can’t hide the truth that sin exists within addiction as it does in corporate America, Washington DC, Christian homes, and the church.
Can you ever forget?
..”Living with a loved one in addiction is consuming. You won’t forget the violent outbursts. The terrifying image of your kid slumped over and passed out from shooting up, or binge drinking stays forever. All the days you worried if they were alive in the next room haunt you.”..