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Question by LEESA: Recovered addict seeking forgiveness from daughter………?
Is it fair for a mother to ask her daughter for forgiveness after she just disappered out of her daughters life and spiraled down the life of an addict? Will the mother after 3 1/2 years of being clean ever get to see or even hear her daughters voice again. And If the mother does get the chance what can the mother say when sorry doesn’t seem good enough. I never stopped loving or caring or thinking about my daughter. Mostly I was ashamed of what I had become. I’ve tried contacting my daughter but she never responds. I hope someone out there has some anwers. I have really turned my life around and did it not only for me but so that my daughter would maybe be proud of me. I have a good job and a very good reputation within the community where I now reside. But it feels like no matter what I accomplish in the future or present it will never be enough to make up for my horrible past. All of my accomplishments mean nothing to me if I can’t have the forgiveness of my daughter

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Answer by bandchikkee
well yor daughter is always going to remeber what you have done and left her. but you can start it out as trying to be friends.. you have to give her some time to recoup from it. and try going to her house to see her

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Question by its Mrs. Dingleberry to you: has anyone dated a recovered drug addict? Feeling left out… please help!!?
My BF and father of my baby due in June is a good person. He is a recovered drug addict & has done a lot to turn his life around. We have a relationship with very deep feelings & a lot of passion.

However, he goes through these periods where he will completely shut me out (mostly when he is struggling with “inner demons” & issues that are hard for him to process). He will also make comments that hurt my feelings like “why do you have to invade on my time?” when we’re apart & I text him. He usually realizes how he has come off & apologizes…

but I’m wondering, what can I do to avoid feeling so hurt & left out when he withdraws inward, or turns toward his NA or AA friends? I know about AlAnon, but any other suggestions?

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Answer by Helen W.
I don’t know how long your BF has been clean/sober. Some of the things you mention sound like the travails of someone who is fairly new at sobriety and who perhaps hasn’t had the benefit of therapy. If so, then perhaps you could gently suggest that “inner demons” can best be dealt with in therapy; NA/AA is not set up to deal with that sort of thing.

As far as him turning toward his NA/AA friends rather than you, please understand that he has been taught to do that in program. They teach that in times of trouble, one is to turn to the group as a primary resource, under the theory that nonaddicts (“normies”) don’t and can’t understand. Naturally, this can lead to some hurt feelings on the part of the nonaddicted loved ones, but when they complain, this serves as “proof” that indeed, normies don’t understand. It’s kind of a catch-22 and something that the loved ones of 12 step program members struggle with all the time.

As far as Al-Anon or Nar-Anon, my experience with those groups has not been positive; in fact, my therapist suggested that I NOT go to such meetings because I would be, as she put it, “the healthiest one in the room” and would get nothing out of it. Turned out she was right.

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Question by jackie: Do recovered addicts or mentally ill people get hired ?
If someone has the right education but due to mental health issues, they’ve been out of the work force for few years. But they are now fully recovered and ready to get back to work.

What do employers think of people who took a hiatus due to mental issues ?
HOw do you explain the HUGE gap between the year one graduated til now ?

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Answer by B.B. Wolf
You don’t tell an employer the true reason you were out of work … you need to learn to give “creative answers” to prospective employers … The are still far too many employers that will hold these things against you ……………………………………..

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Question by drunkprincess08: I need ideas for a tattoo. Has to do w/ me being a recovered self injuerer and addict.?
Preferably in script (wording), or lyrics/ quotes.

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Answer by laury i
maybe this will help you

http://livepaola.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/blogging-addict-740.png

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Question by Sally: do you know any “recovered” sex addict?
this is in regard to another question of mine:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgfuGAhAz9FBa2NemAaa0vzsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081009151148AAxxtmn

i decided to phrase it a little more objectively, rather than asking “do you think a sex addict can recover”, i phrase my question this way – do you know any “recovered” sex addict? this is a yes/no question.

i kind of need assurance that he won’t change, otherwise i might feel guilty for leaving him, because i was raised in a culture where you don’t leave a marriage until you turn no stone unturned to solve your marital problems.

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Answer by Bud T
Nope, but I would like to meet a unrecovered sex addict, a woman sex addict.

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Question by : Have you ever known a recovered sex addict?
just wondering if it is possible

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Answer by Danny
Yes i do it is possible to be a non sex addict!

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Question by curious seattle: My friend is a heroin addict. Where do I go to talk with recovered addicts?

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Answer by megaboo
an drug AAA i dont know what that is called though

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