Cunning Baffling Powerful

08/15/2025

08/15/2025

I don't normally post much about this part of my story.. but here goes ⤵️.my son's father has been on the street for well over ten years~ Still using and in a permanent drug induced psychosis.
We don't have much contact, but now that my son works and drives he occasionally reaches out for money and a ride. He took advantage of my sons kindness and now he's making my kid feel guilty for their estranged relationship. It just breaks my heart. We grieve him even though he's still alive. We don't even know who he is anymore. Loving an addict is hard but watching your kid get his heart trampled on is even harder. 💔
Drugs suck.
👉 not all before and afters are about recovery.
Cunning Baffling Powerful
retired blackout artist

08/14/2025

Elton John celebrated his 35th year of sobriety 🎉. Congrats! 👏
We DO recover 💯

08/14/2025

So lately, my 13 year old son had been acting a little... entitled. Acting like he's too good to shop at Wal-Mart or making snarky comments about kids at school who shop at the goodwill and quite a few other things. I don't tolerate that. Today, he took his own 20.00 to the goodwill to buy clothes to wear the entire week to school. Whatever he found is what he would have to wear. He isn't happy and shed a few tears but I firmly believe in 15 years he will look back and laugh at the day his Mom made him shop at goodwill. I want to teach my kids that money isn't everything and if you have to degrade other people because of where they shop, then you too will shop there. Side note, I love the goodwill!!

Credit: Cierra Brittany Forney

08/14/2025

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.

08/14/2025

THREE years sober! 👊🏻💜
We DO recover 💯

08/14/2025

" I hope anyone struggling with addiction or trying to stay sober has access to an empathic and loving support system" because addicts respond better to "empathy and understanding" than "judgement, shaming, and moralizing."
-Jenna Jameson