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It’s 2.30am, and I should be in bed. I should leave this post for a time when I can express myself clearly, but I have to get it out there now. People are suffering and dying as a result of addiction, andI think I’ve found a unique way to help addicts.

It’s all thanks to my wonderful, compassionate WP friends. I hope you all know who you are. Ever since I started blogging I’ve been looking for a way to help addicts and their families. I’ve been convinced that there’s something I can do which hasn’t been done before. Maybe this has, but I’ve never seen it.

I’ll explain how you fantastic friends gave me the idea, and then I’ll tell you the plan.

From the very first time I began writing about my children’s addictions – and particularly Laura’s (that’s her in the picture), you have sent messages…

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“You are courageous. You are strong. You are beautiful. And you are so amazing. And you will smile, laugh, and love again.” – Thank you Amy.

Picking Up the Pieces

1. You aren’t over-reacting, crazy, hypersensitive, lying, or wrong. If you feel you are being mistreated, there is a good reason for that. You are. If you are having doubts over exactly what may constitute certain types of abuse, you can read any of the following posts in my Another Side of Domestic Violence series for examples of what I endured. (There are now widely considered to be seven types of abuse: verbal, emotional, gas lighting, physical, sexual, financial, spiritual, and stalking / cyberstalking).