If you are losing hope on someone you love getting clean and sober … losing hope that recovery is possible.. I was a “hopeless” case. Overdoses, near death, losing everything …. that didn’t stop me.
Today I am a year & a half clean and sober. Never did I think I’d be freed from the shackles of active addiction. I have lost many many family members and friends to this disease. It feels like I have been to more funerals than weddings and celebrations. This disease is cunning but please, do not ever blame yourself for “not doing enough” or “not being enough” for your loved one fighting addiction because that is just NOT the case.
It was an inside job and I ultimately was the only one who could take the steps to get the help I needed when I was absolutely broken and desperate enough to change. No amount of love or pleading from my family was going to make me change. I had to get to a place where I was so broken I couldn’t bare to live that way anymore.
There is hope. Please reach out if you need to talk. I’ve been on both sides. I’ve been the addict, in active use, destroying everything in my path, but I’ve also dealt with addicts and alcoholics who I love very much since I was a little girl.
I’ve been on both sides and I stand with you. None of this is easy and connecting with other likeminded individuals is so important!
If you’ve lost someone you love to addiction, I stand with you too. The pain is heavy but please don’t blame yourself.
