Is paranoia and anger a consuming factor in a heroin user. My daughter is so paranoid of family taking away her son & angry with anyone who tries to suggest treatment. How is a parent of the addict to get through that they just want be there when they are ready to be clean?
Her paranoia stems from being an addict (using), her anger is used for deflecting from the truth of her addiction, she in denial basically. Do your best to NOT enable her in any way, shape or form, she's placing her child in harms way, she needs to fear she'll lose son if she won't seek help. Raise the bar for her, create strong boundaries & an alliance w/other supporting family members, if she gets into trouble DO NOT bail her out, if she places herself in harms way DO NOT assist her, she must get assistance, let her do something she can be proud of for accomplishing, one cannot reason w/an addict, they will protect their addiction. I'm so sorry your enduring this & welcome here.
Thank you for your words. They truly help. Her oldest daughter is 12-1/2 & her father has custody thank goodness
and decided to put her in counseling, the daughter has become depressed because she doesn’t understand why her mom doesn’t want to be around her. I pray constantly that God will bring her back to us.