Hi Deb,
I hope you are okay, I know how you feel, its just gruelling. It would be so much easier if you knew it was going to end, but its the thought that we will all just be going around like this for years. I really did enjoy the Russell Brand book. I’ve now also bought it on audible, and that is even better, as you can just listen in the car or for me when I can’t sleep. The book is called Recovery, there is a lot of swearing, just ignore. Its aimed at our kid’s generation. I bought it for my son, in the hope that he would read it. It has made me realise the benefits of the 12 step programme, that its not enough to just want to give up, they have to find something bigger to believe in to stay the course. He also tells some very funny and very sad stories. Just keep in mind it’s not written for us, but it may help our kids.
I hope things get better for you, I have also felt very low lately, a bit tearful, like I’ve run out of steam with it all. My son suddenly turned a bit of a corner a few weeks ago, and started counselling and cutting down his usage but it takes my head a while to appreciate that and to catch up. I’ve read so many heart-breaking stories on here recently, there are so many of us stuck in this situation. I hope and pray things improve for all of us, and that this government starts to spend some serious amounts of cash on sorting out the problem.