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Addiction, Sobriety, Family Laura McKowen Addiction, Sobriety, Family Laura McKowen

What if My Lobster is Addicted?

My sister is addicted What if she's in trouble and her life has become unmanageable? I am stuck in this cognitive mess of "don't judge,” "just love,” but "don't enable,” "don't turn your head/sweep it under the rug/act like it's not happening" but I don't know what that is all supposed to look like from day to day.

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Addiction, Sobriety, Growth Laura McKowen Addiction, Sobriety, Growth Laura McKowen

Chapstick

I was driving my daughter to school earlier this week and absentmindedly reached for my chapstick in the console. I took off the top, and as I went to put it on, a few pieces of something poked my lips. I drew it back to investigate, annoyed.

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