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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine, too.  My brother became addicted to Percocet and Vicodin and then moved on to heroin.  He's in recovery, but each day is an uphill battle.

We were raised in a loving, upper middle class family, went to the best schools and had every opportunity in life.

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Keep up the cluelessness [/quote]

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I think what PP is saying is that these conditions aren't protections from addiction. Believing they are would be cluelessness. But it's also important to point out that this isn't any MORE of a problem now that it's a white person problem, too.

My brother is an addict, too. My grandparents were alcoholics, though neither of my parents are addicts and we were also raised in a loving, stable home. I recently learned my brother was molested as a preteen, and trauma plays a huge role in addiction even when there are other positive factors present. He experimented with drugs and alcohol very early, was in and out of rehab while still in high school. Our parents pursued therapy, private school, etc. and did not bury their heads in the sand about the issue. After high school he went back to rehab for cocaine addiction, actually did well with rehab and was sober for a while, then hurt his back while working construction and was prescribed you guessed it...Oxycodone. That was 15 years ago and it's been an endless cycle of apparent rock bottom, rehab, and periods of sobriety ever since. In between he's managed to get married and have kids, which adds to the chaos. I've distanced myself and my own family by moving away from my hometown where my parents and brother still live. I love them so much and wish we could be the family we were before all this happened, but recognize we never will be.[/quote]

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