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“When you come to the edge of all that you know,
you must believe one of two things:
either there will be ground to stand on,
or you will be given wings to fly.
– O.R. Melling
I am a parent of an adult drug addict writing for other parents of drug addicts. Please understand right away that my husband and I are not linked professionally in any way to drug abuse. I am writing from our experiences and from the belief that, in the USA at least, we've successfully shoved the realities of drug abuse way back in the closet and seldom speak of it to each other. Then, when reality catches up with us, we're left floundering, wondering where to turn to, who to talk to, what to do.
By no means is this effort intended to bring you all the answers. However, through all our internet research into rehabs, sober living houses, in-patient and out-patient treatment, detox options etc., we've never come upon any guidance specifically for parents of adult addicts. So I hope you will accept this website as a beginning rather than a means to an end, a commencement of conversations to sustain and help all of us parents as we struggle to re-orient ourselves to vastly altered dreams for our families.
By no means is this effort intended to bring you all the answers. However, through all our internet research into rehabs, sober living houses, in-patient and out-patient treatment, detox options etc., we've never come upon any guidance specifically for parents of adult addicts. So I hope you will accept this website as a beginning rather than a means to an end, a commencement of conversations to sustain and help all of us parents as we struggle to re-orient ourselves to vastly altered dreams for our families.
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(website created November 2011)
