Recently my 14 year old daughter attempted suicide. It was the second time in two years. The first time she said she wasn't really trying to kill herself; she just wanted the pain to stop. This time she couldn't say that as evidenced by the fact that she took a handful of prescription pills and she had no idea what they were for or the effect they would have.
In the aftermath, it has come out that she started drinking alcohol as early as age 11 and she is now addicted to drugs. She has been promiscuous, as in multiple partners. And she has eating disorders. With an "s." As in more than one. Did I mention that she is 14?
I'm doing everything "the professionals" tell me to do. Child Protective Services came to my home and interviewed me and my son. We are going to Narcotics Anonymous meetings 2-3 times a week. I have found an Al Anon meeting and am trying to go at least once a week. I journal. I read my Al Anon devotionals. I try to keep my daughter busy and even-keeled (made a whole lot easier by her anti-psychotic prescription meds).
And I ask, how did this happen? How did we end up here?
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