Through Nic's drug addiction, I have learned that parents can bear almost anything....I shock myself with my ability to rationalize and tolerate things once unthinkable. The rationalizations escalate....It's only marijuana. He gets high only on weekends. At least he's not using hard drugs.
David SheffOpenness is the first step toward recovery... addiction remains a secret because of the overwhelming shame associated with it.
David SheffHow can both Nics, the loving and considerate and generous one, and the self-obsessed and self-destructive one, be the same person?
David SheffWe deny the severity of our loved one's problem not because we are naive, but because we can't know.
David Sheff