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Happy Mothers day to all you mums out there, with all our love and hugs from “Loved Ones Unite” support group here in Halifax xxx
Well they say that each anniversary is hard, I have found each day to be that, I have good days and bad. I am so busy with the support group, that sometimes I think Oh my god, my son is dead, how horrendous. I cry then uncontrollably, but I take it that that is just me having me time with my son
I have just read this blog and it is has been so uplifting for me. Where he writes about ‘being powerless over this ride’, very much reflects the serenity prayer that Ann Marie reminded me of. I love how he has written about ‘recovery being very personal’. About each of us having to do the work and that ‘no one can do recovery for me’.
‘It’ slowly washed away a vibrant, popular young man into one who cared little about life itself; only where the next hit was coming from. ‘It’ made him lose all sense of reality, as his mental health suffered and he was unable to cope with everyday living.
Addiction affects your whole life. We’d always be waiting for a knock on the door to say that Kevin was dead. Whenever the phone rang, my heart would lurch.
“Every day I learn a little more and realise I know a little less
- Chris G
For many of us who walk in Glasgow this year, Recovery will have a political as well as a personal implication http://is.gd/aDHGt...
About 4 hours, 45 minutes ago
“What recovery means to us” by Irene and Ian MacDonald
What our experience has done, is to give us a great insight to, and an absorbing interest in, the substance misuse and recovery field.
The drug experience: Heroin (Part 6)
Ambivalence is a striking feature of addiction, particularly when the person has made a rational decision to stop using and makes attempts to do so.
The drug experience: Heroin (Part 5)
They propose another factor – centered on the addict’s sense of identity or self – that distinguishes successful attempts from unsuccessful attempts at stopping drug use.
Highlights from our world leading news service
Neil McKeganey makes a case for looking critically at stigma relating to drug use, while DDN reports on the first phase of UKDPC’s project on understanding stigma {link to specific article not working, so please look at virtual magazine} [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
David Gilliver hears about the Liverpool-based supported housing project providing intensive, round-the-clock support for families affected by substance use [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
‘Our mother’s drinking was wrecking us’
Children of alcoholics can escape the emotional chaos at home with the right support. Here, three young people explain how their lives have been changed [Times, UK]
