The hypocrisy of an addict raising an addict and then expecting them not to be an addict infuriates me.
When a child witnesses a parents addiction, be it drugs, gambling or alcoholism, whether the child internalises the behaviour as normal or abnormal, the behaviour has an element of normality in their life.
To reprimand and scold me in my weaker moments, as I battle my demons in an attempt to set a better example to my child than you did with me makes my blood boil.
As I sit here, smelling your substance use, a recovering addict, I wonder if you have any idea how shaped I have been by your addiction.
Motherhood: Incoming 