Why was “Live and Let Live” such a hard concept to wrap my mind around? With the help of the Nar-Anon program, I can now see that when I am dealing with the disease of addiction, I feel an urgency to fix everything that goes wrong in my addicted loved one’s life, and to help him with his daily struggles. I realize that when I try to control and manage the addict’s life, it is based on my own fears and a lack of respect for him…

 

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