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Lost - I am sorry for the pain you have felt. Thank you for your input and thoughts as they are helpful. Please be well and know you deserve to be a found and remembered soul.
I am going to try more positive reinforcement. Thanks for the advice! During her outbursts she is usually drunk, so I can only address them later. She gets fall down, sloppy drunk.
There is so much at stake - her life, health, and happiness - I just don't want to make it worse. Then again, I feel the pangs of guilt at my lack of action and enabling behavior. So very hard.
Thank you for all your incredible and insightful responses. I am in therapy and working on a plan to set my boundaries - and stick to them. I have recently thought AL-anon - it's time I do more than think on this one and attend a meeting.
I wish all of you much success in your recovery and...
My daughter was sexually abused as a 12 year old and raped as a college sophomore. She has been diagnosed with PTSD, depression, and anxiety. She sought therapy last year and attended for 2 months and then left therapy. Currently, she is 21 years old and abusing alcohol. She regularly puts...