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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m stunned people don’t get OP’s anger. Have any of you read the whole thread? I’d be mad as hell dealing with what OP is going through.

Someone stealing, showing up high to family hangouts, mooching off elderly parents? OP is better than me because I would have told DH’s sis off in person.

Being asked to go through this hell for a sibling is NOT the same as for an inlaw you’ve never liked. [/quote]

Also, I don't find OP particularly angry at all.  She's very firm in her stance to not support SIL or the ILs in her addiction and horrible behavior (stealing, lying, and getting other people arrested for her crimes!).

Karma will get all the ignorant PPs who are high and mighty about "supporting" the addict.[/quote]

Addicts have a disease that causes them to do terrible things to themselves and others. Many of us on this thread are capable of hating the disease while still having empathy for those who are suffering, including the parents and the sister as well as OP. Sorry this kind of nuanced thinking escapes you.
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If all OP was being expected to provide was empathy, I don't think we'd be seeing this post. She's being slowly but quietly pressed to go along with her in laws and husband enabling the addict, which is why she's angry. It's not as if they're asking for financial help with rehab - they're in denial about the problem and just throwing money at the sister, which allows her to keep using. [/quote]

OP is in denial about her husband's role in this. If the two of them can't get on the same page, she is just banging her head against the wall. I don;t think she's mentioned her husband at all in this, except to say that he tells her to "be nice." [/quote]

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