If there is an addict, chances are they are loved

Somewhere in a room, with the door shut and lights off, a mom is crying. She pours her heart out to "God," and then screams at Him, asking why He doesn't respond.

She doesn't answer the phone, call her friends, get dressed, or do her hair and makeup like she used to. In fact, she doesn't do anything like she used to do. Her work suffers, her relationships suffer, her life has become one of regrets, mistakes, and sorrow. She sits in the dark thinking of all the things she did wrong in her life, begging forgiveness from God, from her friends, from her family, and she wishes she could die.

Her friends and family have nothing to give her, they are secretly relieved when she doesn't talk to them anymore. So she pours through the internet, through books, watching The Doctors, Oprah, and Dr. Phil looking for solutions, for answers, for help . . . and there is none.

This wounded, broken mom is an addicts mom. And I know this mom personally. She was me, the Executive Director of The Addict's Mom. She was Barbara Theodosiou, the Founder of the Addict's Mom. She was Kathy Frasier, our Regional Director. She was one of the thousands of moms we have met who have joined The Addict's Mom groups. For Barbara, Kathy, myself and the thousands of women like us, we have found hope, inspiration, resources, guidance, solace and we have gotten our lives back. For we have found, we are not alone, and we have found empowerment here in the groups of the Addict's Mom.

So when we ask you to "LIKE" our page, it is NOT out of some self-centered gratification to get the most likes on facebook. It is NOT out of greed to make money, because at this time there is no monetary profit made here. It is NOT because, we want something from YOU. It is for the mom who doesn't know we are here yet.

It is for that mom sitting all alone in a dark room. She is sobbing, and railing at God, she doesn't know where to turn, or who to reach out to. She believes she is a failure, a fraud, for she believes a lie. A lie that tells her she has let down the person she loves most in the world, her child.

You can help this mom. By liking our page, by sharing our page there is a greater chance this mom will discover our group. She will see she is not alone, and she will receive help, hugs, and hope. She will receive resources, recovery, and resolve. By liking and sharing our page you help spread awareness of the epidemic of addiction in this nation. An epidemic that has touched 23.5 million Americans.

And if there are 23.5 million addicts, it doesn't take much figuring to realize there is double that many people who love them: moms, dads, spouses, sibling, grandparents, friends, and even sadder children. Every addict has someone who loves them. Someone who cares and is wounded, someone who needs help almost as much as the addict does. Please help that person, that wounded mom, by liking and sharing. Please don't let them think they are alone any more. Because on this page, your like and share can truly make a difference in the life of an addict's mom.

(We are not affiliated with an religion, group or organization. We accept anyone who loves an addict).

Please go to the following pages and like and share. Help spread the word that there is help for moms, anyone who loves an addict.

https://www.facebook.com/addictsmom
https://www.facebook.com/addictsmom911