I hope everyone is doing okay and having a peaceful New Year’s Day. Bump I really hope things have calmed down.
I have just reread the chapters in the Andrew Proulx book about how to help an addict and what you should and shouldn’t do. We all need this advice on a daily basis. I made a massive mistake early in 2021 when I found my son was using again. He told me if I left him to it he’d get himself off again, and here we are nearly a year on. Perhaps if I’d said at the time that he had a month to stop or find somewhere else to live we may be in a better position now. At least he would have more respect for boundaries being set by me. I think the truth is that he is easier to live with on opiates than when he’s coming off, which is an experience I know we have to go through again but fills me with dread and fear especially with the lack of specialist support where we live.
Ivy, I thought about you over the holiday. I hope things are improving for your son and you were able to see your mum.
Kate, always thinking of you. I think your advice is very level headed and objective which can’t always be easy. I hope 2022 brings joy into your life and some peace for the rest of us.