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posticon A letter to help drug and alcohol users


for those of u who suffer from a drug or alcohol addiction, and wish to tell ur family but cant find the words, then hopefully this will help u:



AN OPEN LETTER TO MY FAMILY
 

I am a drug abuser. I need help.

Don’t solve my problem for me. This only makes me lose respect for you and for myself.

Don’t lecture, moralise, scold, blame, or argue whether I’m stoned or sober. It may make you feel better, but it makes the situation worse.

Don’t accept my promises. The nature of my illness prevents my keeping them, even though I mean them at the time. Promises are only my way of postponing pain. And don’t keep switching agreements; if an agreement is made, stick to it.

Don’t lose your temper with me. It will destroy you and any possibility of helping me.

Don’t let your anxiety for me make you do what I should do for myself.

Don’t believe everything I tell you. Often I don’t even know the truth — let alone tell it.

Don’t cover up or try to spare me the consequences of my using. It may reduce the crisis, but it will make my illness worse.

Above all, don’t run away from reality as I do. Drug dependence, my illness, gets worse as my using continues.

Start now to learn, to understand, to plan for recovery. Find Families Anonymous, a group which exists to help families in just your situation.

I need help— from a doctor, a psychologist, a counsellor, from some people in a self-help programme who’ve recovered from a drug problem themselves, and from a Power greater than myself.

http://www.famanon.org.uk/letter.html

Last edited by ScattyCat, 9/9/06, 14:13


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Re: a letter to my family...


edited due to my confusion.
not hard for me nowadays
clairexxx

Last edited by CLAIRE AUSTIN, 9/9/06, 14:37
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ok i dont think i explained this very well...the letter is for people to print off to give to their friends and family if that person has a drug or alcohol problem. its not actually a letter i have written. i found it on a site where u look up support. and i thought this could help a few people here when they cant find the words to tell someone. sorry about that. xxx

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Re: A letter to help drug and alcohol users


oops sorry ruth.
got confused due to your title a letter to my family.
thought it was about you.
sorry.
clairexxx

good letter tho.
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lol. thats ok. looking at it before i edited it it did seem like that!!!! yeah i figured it could be good for someone to use when they cant find the words. x

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good letter xx

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