Originally Posted By: Hope4Luv
This is all crazy! I'm trying to figure out what is "addiction" and if it's possible to be responsible while using painkillers recreationally? I am trying to figure out the reality here.
Ultimately your H will have to decide if he's an addict:

http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/EN3107.pdf

But you have enough red flags to take this issue seriously IMO. Don't don't have to know for sure if your H is an addict to go to a naranon meeting. The stuff they will be discussing there is the same stuff that you are dealing with every day: self care, how to deal with not being able to control another person's toxic actions, how to set boundaries, detaching, etc.

Last edited by flowmom; 03/23/10 05:09 PM.

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