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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I could never turn my back on my sister or my child.  I fell for OP’s in-laws and husband.  Addiction is a horrific disease.  Families support the weakest member all the time.  [/quote]
OP here. This kind of attitude is how families end up with addicts to coddle. From her childhood, they made excuses for her and justified their enabling of her selfishness and laziness with the same rationale you offer here: She’s weak/hurt/young/whatever. And a selfish lazy child with childish problems grew into a selfish lazy adult with problems of epic proportions. If you are an enabler who can’t make tough decisions, there is always an excuse to enable others.[/quote]

You sound very angry and one wonders why.  How do you know so much about SIL's childhood unless you grew up with her?

Yes, the in-laws are enablers and you and DH need to have a hard talk about that.  But you presume to much to believe that coddling, in and of itself, leads to addiction.  There are many ways someone can end up an addict, but that isn't one of them.[/quote]

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