How many times have you said, ”I am not dealing with you or this anymore until you go to recovery.” I am certain I laid the law down like this more than once. I distinctly remember a time where I looked right at my son, high at the time, and said, “until you decide to […]
I tried this technique last night on the phone with my daughter. It was HARD. She is in a sober living home, in recovery for four precious and tender months and just weathered Hurricane Matthew both physically and emotionally. I was sure she would relapse, I could almost smell it, but she didn’t, thank God! […]
The question was asked, “how do you talk to your addicted child without pushing them over the edge?” http://traffic.libsyn.com/theaddictionconversation/How_we_communicate.mp3 The answer is easier than you may realize, executing it may take some time and effort. We want so badly to steer them toward recovery, responsibility, change that it is hard to resist the urge to […]
