An Open Letter To My Family


Don’t lecture, moralize, scold, blame, or argue whether I’m stoned or sober. It may make you feel better, but it only makes the situation worse.

Don’t accept my promises. The nature of my illness prevents my keeping them, even though I mean them at the time. Promises are only my way of postponing pain. And don’t keep switching agreements; if an agreement is made, stick to it.

Don’t lose your temper with me. It will destroy you and any possibility of helping me.

Don’t let your anxiety for me make you do what I should do for myself. Don’t believe everything I tell you. Often I don’t even know the truth Iet alone tell it.

Don’t cover up or try to spare me the consequences of my using. It may reduce the crisis, but it will make my illness worse.

Above all, don’t run away from reality as I do. Drug dependence; my illness, gets worse as my using continues.

Start now to learn, to understand, to plan for recovery. Find Families Anonymous, whose groups exist to help families in just your situation.

I need help—from a doctor, a psychologist, a counselor, from some people in a self-help program who’ve recovered from a drug problem themselves—and from a Power greater than myself. Your "User"


Please call George or Pat
519-336-8760
519-466-3163
Our meeting time is 7:00 pm on Wednesdays
St Lukes United Church Facility
350 Indian Rd S
(corners of Indian Rd & Wellington St)