Women can abuse drugs and alcohol and actually believe that others are not aware of it. Part of this is because, well, sometimes others truly are not aware of it. Women can come across as quiet, as concentrated, as motivated, as just a mom. Eventually, though, the addiction or alcoholism comes out. She sits for hours playing games on the internet, then complains because of some ailment she has that prevents her from having a normal life or fixing dinner or having a job. She uses up her vacation days and sick days at the beginning of the year because she is so hung over from drinking all weekend.
At first, her family is sympathetic, but as time goes by it becomes apparent that she is addicted to the prescription drugs her doctor has her on. The mood swings are erratic as she screams one minute and complains of a headache over the least little noise the next. Her husband and children dance around on tip toe because one minute she’s up and the next minute, she’s down again.
She was once in the middle of everything in her family but as time went on something happened. Some pain she had been feeling at work led to a visit to the doctor’s office which led to a prescription which led to where she is today. When her husband tries to approach her about the possibility of her being addicted, she goes off on him. Yet didn’t she have to change doctors because the first one brought up the same concern?
Now she is being treated for physical pain and depression. Mixing it with alcohol is not the smart thing to do, either. So what does she do? What does her family do? As her husband begins to weigh the pros and cons of divorce against not wanting to leave the kids with her, as her children whisper among themselves and feel the sadness of not sharing their latest accomplishment at school, as her friends stop calling after she blasted them repeatedly for waking her up at 2 in the afternoon, she does not even realize what she is doing, who she has hurt or that her life is spiraling downward.
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