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Focus on what you can accomplish together with people that love and inspire you and verify your intention to move forward for your loved ones.
If you have family or friends that motivated you to give up the addiction and you want to get clean for them as well, mention them in the letter. Tell yourself you are proud of the efforts you have made to get rid of the addition and remind yourself of your resilience and strength. Add some words of positive affirmation. If certain goals were put on hold due to the addiction, you can list them, big or small, and follow the list as if they are resolutions or promises to yourself you must keep. Think about the aspirations you have had in the past and the dreams you have in your heart at the moment. Reflect on the past - what made you seek help or get clean on your own, what factors or events influenced you, and what reasons you have found to put an end to the behavior that has been destroying your life. Refer to your past relationship with the addiction, not shying away from the fact you have been through a difficult time - admitting you have had a problem for a long time yet are ready to heal mentally and physically is a huge step for your recovery. Greet the addiction in question as if it is a real person that will read the letter. While I can't imagine how horrible it must be for Rob Ford's kids to answer the schoolyard questions I'm sure are coming their way, I can tell them that there is a certain gift that comes with breaking the cycle of secrecy.Here is how you may compose a letter to bid farewell to your harmful habits: There is a great freedom that comes with no longer having to bear those secrets for someone else, no longer having to harm yourself to protect someone else. Being able to hide an addict's behaviour may feel like something that gives you a sense of control over how much it affects your life, but just as it is important for addicts to admit to their problems before they are able to recover, so to is it important for those of us affected by their behaviour to stop participating in creating an enabled world where it's okay. And I think of the fact that they have been unable to determine how, and when, they will share the reality of their father's behaviour with the people in their lives.īut to live with someone else's secrets is to have the right to your own experience taken away. So every time I see Ford's face on a screen, I don't think of taxpayers. I know what it's like to watch someone you love behave in a way you hate and not understand why, because children can't possibly understand addiction. I know the expression on his wife's face. But I know what the air in the Ford's house feels like right now. As a citizen, as a journalist, I knew I was supposed to champion the exposure of potential wrongdoing. When reports of Rob Ford's various substance abuse issues began to circulate, my initial reaction was a guttural rage. It's the addiction, the disease, the uncontrollable impulse that drags everyone down with it. But almost worse are the good periods, those moments that provide a glimpse into how easy, how almost surreally wonderful, things could be if your family was just normal. Whether their loved one is in recovery or not, it is important for the family. The dark periods are bad, worrying that an empty driveway means something far more sinister, staying awake through shouting matches and slamming doors. Boundaries are one of the most important concepts and implemented tools for anyone involved with an alcoholic/addict. A constant strain, demanding so much energy it also provides a false sense of control. Often, keeping the reality hidden is paramount. 
The only people who truly understand what it's like to grow up with substance abuse as a constant additional family member are those who have lived through it: Addicts themselves, or those who have been close to someone struggling with addiction. (More surprising, almost, the public response that so ironically mirrors the cycle of an addict: Constant expectation of satisfaction from a source that is logically unable to provide it.) To anyone who has been close to a person suffering from addiction, the patterns of Rob Ford's recent behaviour are in no way surprising, insofar as you quickly come to learn that nothing is out of the question when someone's actions are being determined by forces greater than reason. It can take years to extricate yourself from these cycles and reach a point where they no longer define your every relationship and interaction. Not the slow decline of so many other tragedies, it's an ever-changing nightmare ride navigated by broken promises and unpredictable behaviour. Watching a parent spiral through the cycles of alcoholism feels relentless.
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