The truth will set you free

I've been sitting here for 30 minutes trying to figure out how to start this blog, asking myself questions like,  how much should I share with all of you ? What if my kids see or one of my gossiping family members, or a neighbor ?  What will they think?  Will they judge my family? Will they take something I say wrong ? Will someone be so uneducated about addiction they will get scared and stop talking to someone in my family?

After another 30 minutes of talking to my self I came up with this:

I can't help anyone if I'm not 100 percent honest.  I had to remind myself over and over that it's OK to feel like I do sometimes because most of us dealing with an addict goes through the same things, the same feelings. I also reminded myself that I have a voice, an opinion and I live in the good ole United States of America where  I have freedom of speech.  Thank you al-non, and thank you to the 12 steps and thank you to my husband  for helping become the woman that I am today.   I might hurt someones  feelings and possibly scar my children for life, I might scare my neighbors to move away and If I do any of the above I won't apologize to you for who I am or what I feel, (nor should you) I can only suggest to you that you get  over it or get a counselor. 

That being said, Hi, my name is Michele and I've been married for 21 years , 3 great kids and a pit bull that I have learned to love. :)  My husband is an addict, and my oldest daughter is struggling with addiction and my nephew who I helped raise and love so much is an addict. My 16 year old is addicted to food. 

 15-year-old  who died after taking ecstasy  R.I.P  Isobel Jones-Reilly