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Addiction & Recovery

magicnpoetry

(45 posts)

1. Good Point

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 08:56 AM

Oct 2016

My close relative is an addict, in treatment, but struggling. Drugs, alcohol (very abusive, not a few drinks with dinner) and I have gone to one Al-Anon meeting. I'm intending to go to more, but it is incredible how someone else's affliction can have such an impact on those surrounding them.

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Good Point magicnpoetry Oct 2016 #1