Hi.
I have been to a few 12 step meetings in my day, never as the addict, always as the guest of the addict. I was intrigued at the self DEFEAT ACCEPTED that eminated from these places. " Hello, my name is jon and I am an addict I am a screw up and my family screwed me up" This is a typical first time comment. These guys never want to take accountablility at first. Sure sure ,after a few meetings they may begin to accept their faults but then they stop going. My sister pointed this out once after she had attended a few, she is a narcotics addict. SHe is doing great now as she has found solace in her group. What does this have to do with ADHD and raisign a child? EVERYTHING. I often feel that parents of kids with ADHD need a 12 step program, but then I realize that we would get so side tracked we would have to have 12 steps to get back to the 12 original steps then another 12 step to keep track of the progreess of our defeat.
