Given the situation we find ourselves in these past few days, I wonder if we can genuinely ever shift our focus from our problems with our addicts to our country. Or does it make it worse?
I am blessed to know where my children are, and they are safe for once.  I’ve seen so many parents having to not only agonize about their children within their addiction, but now how safe are they out there?

Corona Virus gives new meaning to the stress of tough love, and those who have had no other choice but to exercise this,  pushed to the limits of what a parent can handle.
The stigma of care for addicts always being in question; they must now face the uncertainty of how to contend with being sick and the risk of getting sick.
The choice to seek out treatment for this horrible virus plaguing our country is assuredly the last thing our children are concerned with while suffering from addiction.  All of us who live inside the wall of addiction or the effects if it knows the choices we must make.  They must choose to be well or sick. We have to decide whether we can let them.
How much more can we take? I know without a doubt if my son were out running arm and arm with this new threat, I would be out there running with my addiction to save him.
This thought brings me to us!!! how can we stay “sober.” How do we abstain? If having our fix means letting them have a fix so that we can keep them near and safe from a new predator. Are we giving another chance to achieve sobriety or another reason for using it?  Or do we let consequences be consequences and let them choose which devil they are willing to dance with?
I’m so angry we have to make these decisions.  At a time when we should be holding our loved ones close. When others can hold tight together in a crisis, we have limited options and even less control.
I am praying for every one of our addicts as well as all of us who have to fight even harder right now for some peace of mind in the face of this new threat.
#insiderockbottomisprayingwithyou