Not just addiction, but many kinds of mental illness and child/spousal abuse.Originally Posted by Trek420
They are called "little adults"and not just teens, pre-teens ..... goes all the way back as far as you can through childhood. It's often one of the saddest consequences of addiction.
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12-09-2009, 06:43 PM #1
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12-09-2009, 07:52 PM #2
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An old friend has a daughter in recovery. When she and DH got sober one of the hardest things to do was to give childhood back to her eldest. This kid had to be the parent for a younger brother. It was a constant battle of "Now go be a kid, we are the adults now. No, really. We mean it".
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