Jenny - Thanks for the encouragement! It's much needed at times like these. Great idea about al-anon, hadn't thought of it before, and it's probably just what I need. Thanks!!

My W's going to start treatment for prescription drug abuse very shortly. It's part of the deal for getting her other charges dropped. She had a very friendly Dr. who was very liberal with pain-killers and anxiety pills and whatever other kind of medications my W need to "help her cope with life". She went into a "don't-give-a-s**t" mode for quit a while, which helped to allow all these things to happen to our lives. She's taking way less now, and some of her withdrawal symptoms have been, well, let's just say, less than pleasant. And there's more serious work yet to come.

I don't know if you've ever seen the movie "When a man loves a woman" with Meg Ryan. It's about a "party girl", her family, and her treatment. It hit way close to home with my W, and for me. I have to keep a close check on any of my co-dependency issues, it's easy for them to rear their ugly head at me.

Thanks again for the al-anon tip. I'll take your advice on this! And thanks for the encouragement. I need it. I'll be hopping over to your thread shortly, sounds like you've got your hands pretty full, too!!


JJ

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