The Rage, Secrecy and Pain of a Family Torn Apart by Addiction
nytimes.com
The Rage, Secrecy and Pain of a Family Torn Apart by Addiction
Perhaps a better metaphor would be a spouse facing illness and refusing treatment, the anger that could bring. Even so, I want to believe I did alcoholism to myself. It flatters my independence, no matter how much damage I did.
The Small Bow • How to Tell Your Kid That You're a Drunk
All the bad things seemed like such an aberration, even when the tantrums began to outnumber the calm, sane interactions.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner • Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel
Regardless of what label we give it—we already know some of the most important things about addiction. We know it can, and often does, kill. We know it hurts the people we love and ourselves. We know it’s a medical condition. And we know it’s possible to recover.
Katie MacBride • Why I Am Profoundly Uninterested in Whether or Not We Call Addiction a “Disease"
Before recovery, many adult children eventually 202 stopped crying because their tears did not bring relief from relentless despair and abandonment.
ACA WSO INC. • ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS/DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES: Big Red Book
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: 'A candid, darkly funny book' New York Times
amazon.com
How it started
Wilder was losing his shit, yet again, and I wanted to help Lauren by taking the kids to the playground. But Wilder refused, so I said I’d move his body - a trick we learned in daycare - but he slipped out of my grip like a lil eel and was now sprinting all over the house that sounded like a baby crying because there is also a 6mo bab
... See moreAlex Dobrenko added
It is especially hard for parents to witness their kind child appear completely oblivious to other crises in the family—it’s