I need to help my daughter I’ve been working on her for 10 years and she has progressed but she continues to ask for help and she always comes back to me so what next? She has said she self harms now and that scares me a lot 
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What other sources of help does she have?
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Medication for the anxiety and depression from usage and today I will take her to AA try it out see if she is ok with it, she is in withdraw right now and not argueing as much so she’s trying.
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How old is she?
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As a parent, there are times we need to see how we are not helping a situation, and step back. There are a few ways we can do this safely, but we absolutely need to detach.
We can step back in safe ways, by ensuring our kids have the help they need. This can look like seeking more help, with either community resources, medical professionals, or school mentors and teachers. Our kids need counsel seperate from us, especially if we are alcoholics and addicts ourselves.
Depending on her age, and whether the AA meeting is open or closed, this could be not the most appropriate. she sounds of age though, which can be positive for her, but again, she needs to do things on her own, and sometimes, she needs to learn the hard way.
how does this make you feel?
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I stepped back far enough to watch her go to the streets. I left town for work while she was hospitalized while she navigated on her own. I won’t be there for her very much longer my chemo has taken me down a different path the past 4 weeks. I truly am tired.
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