Posted by Honore on April 30, 2007, at 15:44:33
In reply to Sister is in crisis - don't know what to do, posted by JerryPharmStudent on April 30, 2007, at 2:45:13
I wanted to add that I'm speaking from my own experience with a relative who was addicted to several meds, including a pain med (he also had chronic pain, as well as a separate, but interrelated, addiction problem).
There is only so much you can do that's constructive sometimes-- but you can throw yourself into turmoil over your powerlessness to help. That happened to me enough times that I started to realize that I wasn't any good for my relative and it was definitely endangering my state of mind.
It's a really difficult thing, I know.
Honore
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