We deny the severity of our loved one's problem not because we are naive, but because we can't know.

Openness is the first step toward recovery... addiction remains a secret because of the overwhelming shame associated with it.

Wherever you be, wherever you may, seek the truth, strive for the beautiful, achieve the good.

Along with the joy of parenthood, with every child comes a piercing vulnerability. It is at once sublime and terrifying

An alcoholic will steal your wallet and lie to you. A drug addict will steal your wallet and then help you look for it.

I'm not sure if I know any 'functional' families, if functional means a family without difficult times and members who don't have a full range of problems.

Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debilitating as addiction itself.