tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822117831961590294.post8439502511578983418..comments2023-06-21T05:57:22.571-04:00Comments on Sweet Parrish Place: Living With An Addict- Part 5Sweet Parrish Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543733440051959455noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822117831961590294.post-40813705554587726942013-04-19T22:26:37.243-04:002013-04-19T22:26:37.243-04:00Emilia, thank you so much for reading it! It alwa...Emilia, thank you so much for reading it! It always amazes me that someone actually read it! Sweet Parrish Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543733440051959455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822117831961590294.post-85607347170154010562013-04-19T13:40:45.432-04:002013-04-19T13:40:45.432-04:00Nicki, you are so brave to share your story. I am ...Nicki, you are so brave to share your story. I am sure it will help to many. I am sure, that many people are reading it, and it is helping them. I hope , for the sake of your daughter, that this story will have a happy ending.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16982099755731391521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822117831961590294.post-63320871071857624732013-04-07T10:33:46.407-04:002013-04-07T10:33:46.407-04:00Amanda,
Every time I write these, I have to stop s...Amanda,<br />Every time I write these, I have to stop several times because I can't stop crying. It really makes me feel like I am living it all again. I am glad you read it, and I pray you will come back and read, I usually post these on Saturday mornings. My ex was addicted to crack. You are a product of the way you grew up. I pray that you will have the strength to get past this addiction and be a better mother to your own daughter. There is no more important task you can have in life. It is difficult for an addict to see anyone's pain but their own. One reason I wanted to write my story was in the hopes that an addict would read it, and see what they have done or are doing to those who love them. I mean REALLY see. Please, do whatever it takes to stay sober, and stay away from him. There is nothing more important than your sobriety. If you have your sobriety, the whole world will be at the tip of your fingers. Thank you for writing me. You inspired me today to keep going. Sweet Parrish Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543733440051959455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822117831961590294.post-30675195546280955202013-04-07T10:26:00.107-04:002013-04-07T10:26:00.107-04:00Thank you Jennifer. It is so sweet that you actua...Thank you Jennifer. It is so sweet that you actually took the time to write this message. You are correct. Drug addiction is an epidemic in the United States today. No one gets out unscathed anymore. My ex husband is from a good family and has wonderful parents who didn't deserve this. My current husband lost a brother one year ago to drug addiction. He was a brilliant man who had went to Princeton and was a very successful and rich man. Addiction is not discriminatory. I don't tell my husband's brothers story because it is not my story to tell, but it was very very sad. If I post about this subject it is always on Sat. mornings. I hope you will come back. Sweet Parrish Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543733440051959455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822117831961590294.post-1766762263518698652013-04-06T10:06:24.263-04:002013-04-06T10:06:24.263-04:00This has brought tears to my eyes on so many level...This has brought tears to my eyes on so many levels! First off I come from a family of addicts from grandparents,aunts,uncles and my dad. Well I was his everything for the first ten years of life. When you learn the most especially about trust and love. That all ended when I was eleven.Everything I knew about love had been broken. It to left me like your daughter,unable to talk about feeling and numb. As,a result of that I would seek love and attention from boys and men. I started drinking and using drugs at age eleven to mask the pain and rejection I was feeling. Your daughter is very lucky to have you in her life to guide her in the right direction. I never had any guidance which made thing worse. <br /> At age 23 I met my daughters father in a years time my life went in a straight downward fall to no where. I had tried cocaine with him one night and I fell just in love with it as he already had been. For ten years it was our common ground. It tore us apart and destroyed our family. He has moved to a different state and I woke up one night in October of 2010 to him scrapping a crack pipe. To see him like that was a wake up call. I was afraid that would have been my next addiction. I am not saying that i was a perfect little angel but I have learned. There have been at least two full weeks in the span of the past three years I have used. And every time I have I realize how I never want to go back down that road. But as far as all the emotions that you put into this,I can identify them and feel them for what they are.I just had to share because this story,your story gave the inspiration to do so. Something that is very difficult for me to talk about. Thank you:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15188088917585010694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822117831961590294.post-54621122259053189022013-04-06T08:30:53.618-04:002013-04-06T08:30:53.618-04:00I am touched by reading this. I used to think that...I am touched by reading this. I used to think that addicts were street people or people in "someone elses" life, not mine. Then as time went on I began to see and hear people talk about people they know and now I honestly think that everyone knows SOMEONE who has an addition problem. There is one in every family, every crowd, every group of freinds. Some not as bad as others but my point is that it is more common that a lot of us think. I personally know of three people who are in my circle of friends and family who have addiction issues, and for one of them it took his life. I am glad to see that YOU over came this and finally relized what was going on and got out of the situation. Many women stick around thinking the can SAVE a man, or CHANGE him, and I know that at first you want to help them, and rightfully so. These are people we love and you naturally want to help, but after so long there is a point where you have to help yourself and not let someone else's additction take you down too. So I applaud you for doing what you have done to rise above it and protect yourself and your family.http://decoratedchaos.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10875811819914386158noreply@blogger.com