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Actually no. I’m a rare bird in that no one in my immediate family has addiction issues with alcohol or drugs. It sounds like you do, and I’m sorry for the pain it’s caused you and your family. [/quote]
OP here. If this is so, then your unrealistic advice makes sense. Easy to advocate unfailing “compassion” for those who don’t deserve it when you’re not the one being taken advantage of for years.

Among SIL’s greatest hits are stealing from elderly relatives and getting so high at my wedding that a bunch of relatives had to set aside their participation to restrain and take care of her. She also stole her mother’s wedding ring and blamed the house cleaner, who got arrested for it. She is awful.[/quote]

It's easy to lecture "compassion" from her high horse just like it's easy to be generous with other people's money.  Don't listen to these codependent idiots.  Hold firm against the addict and all her enablers.[/quote]

It is ridiculous how many people are falling in around 'support the addict'. But I suspect there are a lot of low-key 'oh I just pop a pill to get through a hard weekend' or 'I drink two glasses a night but its fine' moms on here. Functioning alcoholics and addicts themselves who are a a few years away from being labelled the same as the SIL in this narrative. [/quote]

Quite possibly.  Also there are a lot of older UMC moms with addict kids who got recreationally hooked, and they're desperate to believe their over-coddled snowflakes (and themselves) aren't at fault for being addicts.[/quote]

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