[sherry]

Today I had to change my phone number so my drug addict daughter can no longer get in touch with me. This leaves me feeling grief stricken but I have no option even though she is homeless and has no job. I just can’t do it anymore, always giving in to her demands, giving her money, thinking I’m helping her, when I’m reality I’m only enabling her habit. I’m struggling to cope with the guilt I’m feeling, like I’m letting her down but this has gone on for 20 years.

[sammy38porter]

I feel yr pain hun. Im going thru the same with my son. The guilt is overwhelming i cant breath. Why do they do this to us why cant they stop or seek help..why me why my son! I wish i could wake up with amnesia n forget all this. I hope yr ok and i hope yr daughter will get over this one day. X

[icarus-trust]

Hi Sherry,
I am so sorry to read your post and to know what a very hard choice you have had to make.
If you feel that you would like some support for yourself please contact The Icarus Trust. We are a charity that supports people who are dealing with the addictions of a family member. We know how hard this is and so we have a team of trained and experienced people you could talk with.Maybe talking with one of them would help you to make sense of how you are feeling.
You can contact us on help@icarustrust.org or visit the website http://www.icarustrust.org
I hope that you can find some support.

[helplessmum]

I have just gone through the same with my 35 year old son who spent the last three months is rehab and hospital even on life support but has now gone back to his horrendous use of alcohol. At the moment in time not sure if he is even still alive as I cannot get to speak to him on the phone. His habit has controlled my life for the past 10 years. It has got to the point that I cannot cope anymore with this – the lies and the law breaking – driving whilst banned – My husband is not his father therefore cannot understand what I am going through. But it has to stop for my on sanity. Reading posts on this site is helping me realise that I cannot change him but I can change me. I hope that all is ok with the guys who have posted. I know just how they feel.

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