Comments on: A Letter of Hope From Parents of An Addict http://www.alcoholdrughelp.org/2009/01/02/a-letter-of-hope-from-parents-of-an-addict/ To reduce the human suffering and economic cost of alcoholism and other abuse and Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:39:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: veronica http://www.alcoholdrughelp.org/2009/01/02/a-letter-of-hope-from-parents-of-an-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-225 veronica Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:57:28 +0000 http://alcoholdrughelp.org/2009/01/02/a-letter-of-hope-from-parents-of-an-addict/#comment-225 My name is Veronica and I am 20 years old and have been a drug addict for six years my drug of choice would be yes please and more and I began to intravenously use this past year. I battle with my addiction everyday and my parents have too tried to help battle my addictions with me. I want to commend your efforts to save your son. I think so often parents lose hope to soon because they don't see the results they were expecting. I say this from personal experience with my parents and from bearing witness to mothers and fathers falling victim to this with their children, my friends. When the relapses happen or they see a lack of desire to help themselves they give up or feel as though they have done what they could and it is now left up to their child which about 90% of the time just not the case. It is so unfortunate and if parents were able to truly understand the magnitude drugs have over a person i don't think they would give up their fight. They need to realize they are dealing with two very different people their child and the addict and when they stop and say "its up to you now" they don't understand they are not telling their child that but the addict and how can you leave an addict to their own vices? My parents did this with me and it left me Veronica, not the addict so afraid and alone with this evil demon and addiction new better to think I was above. I am not upset at my parents for doing what they did how can I expect them to understand no one could/can truly unless they have already gone through it and then to make it so much more confusing when a child says I want help and then runs off and gets high over and over and over again it completely with in reason to think their child doesn't really want help. To the mother and father that wrote this letter ... Thank you. For Regina Walker it is not easy to do but it is what I wish I would have told my parents STOP AT NOTHING AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES your hope and faith will shake and it may seem as though he doesn't want to help himself or even want your help but KNOW that is not the case and remember the TWO people you are dealing with. When you feel tired and beaten you remember what it is you are fighting for, your son and you remember that you hold on to it as tight as you can and let it give you the strength to PUSH AGAINST THE TIDE. To any parent going though this just know WE AT TIMES MAY BE HELPLESS BUT WE ARE NOT HOPELESS Yours Truly, a drug addict daughter to a mother and father that still believe we can win My name is Veronica and I am 20 years old and have been a drug addict for six years my drug of choice would be yes please and more and I began to intravenously use this past year. I battle with my addiction everyday and my parents have too tried to help battle my addictions with me. I want to commend your efforts to save your son. I think so often parents lose hope to soon because they don’t see the results they were expecting. I say this from personal experience with my parents and from bearing witness to mothers and fathers falling victim to this with their children, my friends. When the relapses happen or they see a lack of desire to help themselves they give up or feel as though they have done what they could and it is now left up to their child which about 90% of the time just not the case. It is so unfortunate and if parents were able to truly understand the magnitude drugs have over a person i don’t think they would give up their fight. They need to realize they are dealing with two very different people their child and the addict and when they stop and say “its up to you now” they don’t understand they are not telling their child that but the addict and how can you leave an addict to their own vices? My parents did this with me and it left me Veronica, not the addict so afraid and alone with this evil demon and addiction new better to think I was above. I am not upset at my parents for doing what they did how can I expect them to understand no one could/can truly unless they have already gone through it and then to make it so much more confusing when a child says I want help and then runs off and gets high over and over and over again it completely with in reason to think their child doesn’t really want help. To the mother and father that wrote this letter … Thank you. For Regina Walker it is not easy to do but it is what I wish I would have told my parents STOP AT NOTHING AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES your hope and faith will shake and it may seem as though he doesn’t want to help himself or even want your help but KNOW that is not the case and remember the TWO people you are dealing with. When you feel tired and beaten you remember what it is you are fighting for, your son and you remember that you hold on to it as tight as you can and let it give you the strength to PUSH AGAINST THE TIDE. To any parent going though this just know

WE AT TIMES MAY BE HELPLESS BUT WE ARE NOT HOPELESS

Yours Truly,
a drug addict daughter to a mother and father that still believe we can win

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