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echo: askacop
to: BOB RUDOLPH
from: RD THOMPSON
date: 1998-03-12 18:44:00
subject: Re: Teenage Smoking

BR> RT> AG>right know Drugs....then move on.....not all at the same time..
BR> RT> Does any of this mean that it is not the responsibility of the kid to
BR> RT> *not* start on drugs?  I feel that the kid bears most of the
BR> RT> responsibility for their decisions.
BR>My daughter, who is herself an addict blames poor choices on her part for 
her 
BR>condition.  She makes a good case there - she had choices, 
BR>no four people held 
BR>her down while the fifth stuck that spike into her arm - she CHOSE to go 
with 
BR>the action.  
BR>Now she CHOOSES not to behave in that manner.
Your daughter seems to be on her way to recovery.  Recognizing the
simple fact that she bears most of the responsibility is a giant step.
Even though she is still addicted (actually, using), she shows a lot of
hope.  You have my best wishes.
BR>Any time someone else is always at fault there's a bigger problem that is 
not 
BR>being addressed.
So true.
RD
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