Addiction & Recovery
Girl, He’s Gaslighting You
Recently, my son sent his daughter a meme that showed a daughter being sad because her addict dad died while and when she was still angry with him for...
RAISING CHILDREN AND BEING HUMAN, or NOT
Notes from a Parent Realizing a Child is Addicted and Wishing her own Mother was Alive / Circa 2001 This book is not about my mother, who has been the sole...
And Then I Was Done
Mothering Addiction And You’re so Angry With Me Why? You could have asked me any question, at any time. You didn’t. Instead, you used the time to attack, to...
My Son Russell
And he doesn’t even like that; the first thing I ever gave him was his name, and he doesn’t like it. He goes by Russ. Russ & his Mother: JB Collection...
Addiction and Anger: The Happy Couple
I get that working with an addicted loved one can be traumatizing and cause anger and pain. What I don’t get is all of the anger pushed outward, to be pressed...
He Brought His Grief with Him
darya tryfanava on Unsplash He brought his grief with him. He apologized for interrupting me. He was completely unconscious of his thoughts and...
A Son
Kahlil Gibran said something to the effect of: your children are not of you, but move through you. They have their own path to be taken by them and not you. I...
From All Mothers, Everywhere
To my son the drug addict… Jeremy Paige on Unsplash What did I miss? What difference would it make to this adulthood, this one, the one that you have...
Becoming Codependent
Baynard 9/2017 Codependence is usually portrayed as an extremely negative characteristic. Most writing includes a lot of judgment and blame for the...