tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530451786669304321.post439740281639139976..comments2023-09-22T08:12:25.535-04:00Comments on THE PRIVILEGED ADDICT : Some Truths About AddictionCharliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183269305957041463noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530451786669304321.post-10366730225971499922019-08-03T06:56:49.564-04:002019-08-03T06:56:49.564-04:00Watching my recovering addict in recovery has been...Watching my recovering addict in recovery has been very trying...no more drug but I do not know this person any longer. I raised her, but the last time I really knew her was when she took her first pill 12 years ago. The person I see today is not my daughter, I don't know who she is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530451786669304321.post-79818901640782787522017-03-18T10:54:17.123-04:002017-03-18T10:54:17.123-04:00You have helped me so much! I wish you would keep ...You have helped me so much! I wish you would keep writting! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530451786669304321.post-70591565447193557512016-07-07T16:40:57.657-04:002016-07-07T16:40:57.657-04:00Your writings have helped me so much..thank you an...Your writings have helped me so much..thank you and please keep writing!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03860652003903284504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530451786669304321.post-4623058477383706862016-07-07T00:24:47.935-04:002016-07-07T00:24:47.935-04:00We like our substance/behavior of choice so much t...We like our substance/behavior of choice so much that we lose our internal "off switch," the ability to say: "that's enough." We love doing something in a manner that's not good for us. So is it a matter of relearning? I'm still really struggling with overeating. I haven't yet found the Tao. At certain points in my life I've had that positive Tao going to the extent that I could loose extra pounds and keep them off for a good long time. But then my life will go through devolution and I end up back in my food addiction. I don't want to keep going around this same mountain repeatedly. Somehow I have yet to discover the higher life of how to properly feed my body and my soul. I'm very mixed up there. In some ways I feel unsure of what in my life is missing, the thing I long for that food temporarily fills for me. It could be the desire to be rewarded for hard work or suffering, to feel surrounded by easily accessible abundance, to have something accessible, comforting and nearby. And then my body image is wrapped up in it too, where I feel a false safety in being overweight and less attractive. But yet I long to look the best I can look. And I see photos of myself when younger when I was clearly not fat, yet at the time my image of myself was "I am fat." What a long strange trip it's been.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984645898850795834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530451786669304321.post-70392261937690233672016-06-26T17:32:55.169-04:002016-06-26T17:32:55.169-04:00Thanks, Charlie...you have poerful information and...Thanks, Charlie...you have poerful information and you make a difference.<br /><br />glperkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679674565613248881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530451786669304321.post-88227448952907541752015-03-05T16:32:10.303-05:002015-03-05T16:32:10.303-05:00Love you guys. Love you guys. Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04183269305957041463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530451786669304321.post-83448326975589193102015-03-03T14:29:08.866-05:002015-03-03T14:29:08.866-05:00Charlie,
I agree with Bar and Tori.. My only chil...Charlie,<br />I agree with Bar and Tori.. My only child is an addict and in the beginning. I had no clue what to do, where to go, and I was in total denial. Your blog has been a God send to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530451786669304321.post-37988218278323692692015-02-28T20:54:24.506-05:002015-02-28T20:54:24.506-05:00People DO want to hear!!!!!! Keep moving forwardPeople DO want to hear!!!!!! Keep moving forwardAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171298016686303353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530451786669304321.post-67274638884374900602015-02-27T12:34:10.012-05:002015-02-27T12:34:10.012-05:00Here is the thing Charlie - And I will speak for m...Here is the thing Charlie - And I will speak for myself and my experience being a POA. When we find out our children are experimenting we are trying to figure out what to do - when they are in active addiction we are still trying to figure out the first step - now the people that were telling me "not to worry - its normal" do not know what to say. But no matter what we do their addiction progresses - so we contact everyone and research everything - send them to rehab and we are told, "they wrote down their triggers (HA!) - relapse is part of recovery - (bring them back WHEN they do) and a million other things. So POA's continue in their desperation to find something that will work - POA's are rehabs best clients - be it methadone, vivitrol, sub's, so that they can function, maybe get a job, maybe quit stealing? The bottom line is we become desperate - we become willing to sell everything, lose everything to get our child better. My Husband said to me a few weeks ago, "I don't know what is right, I just want to keep my son alive so he has the chance to get better." There are few people who want to hear about addiction in general. You are trying to change what has been told to a lot of people for years and years and that isn't easy but it is very much needed. It took me a while to really understand some of what you were writing - its heavy stuff! :)Torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16469486624859667837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530451786669304321.post-12403423558582659642015-02-26T23:39:05.572-05:002015-02-26T23:39:05.572-05:00I understand your frustration. It must be exhaust...I understand your frustration. It must be exhausting but I want you to know that you have helped me beyond measure. There is no one like you out here in blogland telling the truth. I have your book and will buy your next one and hope you keep this blog up - even if you never write another word because I re-read it all the time. Thank you for your service to us weary parents. God bless you Charlie. xothe gardener's cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447809353998632722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2530451786669304321.post-25861397693723047502015-02-26T18:11:35.042-05:002015-02-26T18:11:35.042-05:00I wish you could write a manual that would be requ...I wish you could write a manual that would be required by all drug treatment facilities that say what you said here. Its all so true. I haven't commented in a while but read every word you write (via email). You've helped me so much. ThanksBar L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11100008292699584336noreply@blogger.com