When Your Child's Addiction Becomes Your Own.
By Elaine Altman-Eller
Three major reasons for this are:
1) Believing you have the power to change or control the person/addiction.
Feeling powerless, you strive for ways to gain a sense of control – life centers around fixing the problem and dealing with the addiction’s consequences.
Attempts to gain control are:1) Believing you have the power to change or control the person/addiction.
Feeling powerless, you strive for ways to gain a sense of control – life centers around fixing the problem and dealing with the addiction’s consequences.
Becoming a “perfect” parent, supporter, nurturer
Being careful about everything you say and do
Peacekeeping
Taking care of the child’s needs over your own
Tomorrow Reason 2
To Your Family,
Jane Cabrera
The Parent Success Coach
www.TheParentSuccessCoach.com
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