'My daughter inherited my addiction' - She_Recovers founder dawnsherecovers shares her personal story of addiction and recovery.
Blackouts were a daily part of my life and overdoses were semi-regular events—accidental and not. I stole. I sold drugs. Although I had always believed that injecting drugs would be a sign that I had gone too far, after a sexual assault at 19 years old, I went there anyway.
At 20 years old, I found myself unexpectedly pregnant. I am certain that Ashley, the beautiful baby girl who appeared in July 1981, did more than change the course of my life—she saved it. That pregnancy, and the responsibilities of single motherhood, marked the beginning of my trying to stop using substances and to survive my life.Four years later, the birth of my second daughter, Taryn, cemented my commitment to going alcohol and drug free so that I could show up fully for my daughters.
She was a great kid and had a good group of friends. But she had inherited some of my trauma, and had experienced her own related to another family member's drug addiction. When Dawn discovered her own daughter was struggling with drug addiction, she encouraged drug counseling and family therapy.Shortly after entering recovery I had gone back to school to complete a PhD, and was grieving the loss of my mother who passed away in April 2000. I had become so wrapped up in my own life that I had totally missed my daughter becoming addicted to drugs. In addition to being devastated for her, I felt like an absolute failure as a mother.
She wasn't into the NA program, and we decided not to force her. In lieu of that, Taryn did lots of therapy and started dating a nice guy who didn't do drugs. She graduated high school while abstinent from drugs and alcohol.
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