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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Not being scared of the problem coming up



Not being scared of the problem coming up

Sometimes fear creeps into my mind and I worry that my son may use heroin again. I realise that I need to be strong in my mind and not being scared of problems coming up.

I remembered there was a time when I found a piece of aluminium foil and an empty sachet in my son’s bedroom. Both my husband and I were very anxious. Instead of ignoring the issue and not dealing with it, I decided to stand up to the problem. I talked to my counsellor and also rang DirectLine* for advice. I then had a good chat with my husband and we decided to talk to our son gently about this. We were able to be open to each other about how we felt. My son admitted that he had used twice and made us aware of a couple of incidents that distressed him. Having an open discussion with our son helped us to deal with the issue together.

Sometimes I have the tendency to lie to myself and pretend that the problem does not exist. I realised that it is better to see the problem as it is. I learnt that I am protecting myself by standing up to the problem. I also developed an attitude of learning from the problem and this helped me to become stronger in my mind.
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* DirectLine (1800 888 236) provides telephone counselling, information and referral regarding drug and alcohol issues.
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