When I lived with active addiction, everything I did seemed necessary from crisis to crisis. I was in survival mode. My life was similar to an emergency room triage. What is the most urgent of the three or four crises currently facing my family today? I found myself always choosing the response that would cushion the addict from the consequences of addiction. Needless to say, things became worse…

 

*The Daily Reading is an extract from the SESH Book which forms part of Nar-Anon’s official literature.  To order this book and others, please use this link.