Dr. MacAfee on the addict’s liberation, “Drug use traps the addict in a place of hopelessness. But when the lie of maintaining the addiction becomes more painful than the using, the addict faces himself and his use. It is this inescapable accountability that is both powerful and hopeful when he comes face-to-face with his reality. This incomprehensible demoralization is the dark before the dawn, the place where the addict chooses between life and death – the place where he can liberate himself.”
My reflection: When Dr. MacAfee and I discussed this topic, it was difficult for me because I relived our own family’s history of trauma, that time when Jeff was so sick he had to choose whether he would live or die. As his mother, I was powerless. I could do nothing. What a painful place to be! In the end, I surrendered, stayed close and prayed that Jeff would live. And I’m forever grateful that he did.
Today’s Promise to consider: Liberation for the addict comes when he says to himself, “I’m trapped and I’m never going to be able to use without dire consequences. I loathe what addiction has done to my life. I have no choice but to change.” Only the addict can free himself. I’ll pray.
This post comes at a time for me when I too am feeling so powerless over my daughters addiction. The last time I saw her I was so sure it would be the last time and I havn’t heard from her in over 4 months.
You say as a mother you were powerless and could do nothing. That is exactly how I feel right now, powerless. I have recognized there is nothing I can do and yet the pain is always there. There are times I find myself accepting she is gone and that scares me.
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It’s so important to not beat yourself up if your child chooses not get the help they need. It can’t be forced. But, it’s not your fault. Keep telling yourself that.
It’s important to keep yourself healthy in mind and body. To dwell on your child’s addiction is unhealthy and will keep you in your own hell.
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I have learned that the fear I had for him was not the fear he had. He had no fear. I experience great emotional pain when I learned he was living on the streets, under a bridge. He felt no pain, emotional or physical. I cried when I learned he was in jail. He did not shed one tear. I felt overwhelming sadness when I saw how the addiction was destroying his opportunities for a career, a loving wife, children and discovering his purpose. He experienced no such sadness over such things.
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Pat, I get it. Jeff tells me that many years of active addiction were some of the most exciting years of his life. Dr. MacAfee says the same thing: Drugs are the answer to all of life’s problems…until they’re not. What starts as a party ends as a prison.
It’s all so complicated. To make matters worse, I put myself in prison. Jeff was trapped and I was trapped. In my ‘trappedness,’ Jeremy fell victim as did others in my family. What a mess.
Barbara’s point is the one onto which I hold: I did everything I could and I don’t blame myself anymore. In the end, Jeff had to choose.
We, as parents, do the best we can do. My dad used to say, “You can’t carry water on both shoulders.” I tried to carry buckets of water on both shoulders, on my head and in my hands. I spilled water everywhere…until I stopped. Until I stayed close and out of the chaos.
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