This book is for the parents of addicts because I believe that happiness in life is a choice, just as addiction is a choice, and all self-inflicted. Nevertheless, we are all entitled too, deserving of, and destined to a life …show more content…
Internally, I am filled with unhappiness and insecurities and used anger and arrogant as my escape. I have had to face the greatest challenges of my life while struggling to find to inner peace and happiness.
My hopes of having a loving and happy family was blindsided by a series of crises that brought profound sadness. I became overwhelmed by many emotional challenges, and began to think I was to live life paralyzed by the pain. Unable to move past the pain of my daughter's drug addiction, I spent years buried in grief and guilt. Upon the advice of a friend, I agreed to join Co-dependents Anonymous (CODA) to help me Let Go and Let God and move on with my life. As I fight for the strength to restore my happiness that I have neglected, I finally decided to Letting Go and Let God and stop rescuing my daughter.
I packed-up the habits that hindered my ability to achieve a healthy mind, body, and soul and stepped out of the darkness into the