An addict may have been raised in an abusive home, or maybe it was in their genes. Regardless, they brought it on themselves with one bad choice that was repeated over and over.
Just like when they began, only the addict can make the choice to stop. They are the only one that can decide when they are ready to make a good choice, and repeat it time and again.
Their “hitting bottom” stories are different.
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As they journey into darkness, loved ones pray for the light at the end of the tunnel. Sometimes, we have to walk away from our children to “stop the bleeding.” In the poignant words of David Sheff, “…our children live or die with or without us.”
The fortunate are the ones that get the happy ending.
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