Family Addiction Analysis

The Effects an Addiction Has It was right around my fifteenth birthday when I finally decided that I had enough. The effects that an addiction has on a family is a lot, it just tears a person down. You can try and understand what is going through someone's mind when they decide to make all of these wrong choices but you just get confused and irritated. Just before thanksgiving of 2014 I had came to the conclusion that was tired of dealing with my mother's addiction. I had lived with it for over five years and I had just had enough. Do not get me wrong I love my mother to death, but a child can only handle so much. When I came to this conclusion I was not to sure who to talk to about the situation or what to do about it. It finally came to me one afternoon when I was taking a walk with one of my mother's friends. I had told her friend that “I was tired of the disappointment, and lack of support” that I was getting from my mom at the time. I told her that I was going to give my mom a dilemma. “It was me or the drugs” I had told her. From that …show more content…
My mother did not care where she got the job at she just needed one. She ended up starting at mcdonalds and got herself established once again. I still did not have much contact with her even though she was out. I was living with a friend of hers and was so busy with school. I just never made time and now that I look back I regret not seeing her then. This was an important time in her recovery process and I was not there to help her. She has came a long way in the recovery process and I am very proud of her for this. I can finally say that my mother and I have gained our relationship back and it is better than ever. My mother is going on three years clean and sober. I never wish for any child to have to deal with a parent that is addicted to a drug. It will make anyones life