Becoming a mother brings with it a great deal of responsibilities, and chief among them is the continued care and concern that you continue to have for your children, even as they grow up and leave the home to start a career and family of their own. Your relationship with your daughter is surely intense and complex enough without an unwelcome factor, such as drug addiction, cropping up. But, unfortunately, such things do come up much more often than many mothers are prepared to admit.
Sometimes it can be simply too painful for a mother to admit that something is definitely not right with their daughter. For example, her entire manner of dealing with you as a parent may have taken an unfortunate turn for the worse. She may have stopped communicating with you as regularly as she used to and, when she does, her manner may be curt, unfriendly, and even hurtful.
Drug addiction causes many harmful changes in a person’s manner, as well as their appearance. Your daughter may be avoiding you out of a sense of shame, or simply to hide her addiction from you. In addition, she may be ducking your calls in order that you don’t see how badly her physical appearance has degenerated.
If you have noticed any of these negative changes, it may be very hard for you to comment on them, or take your daughter aside and confront her about her suspected drug use. It isn’t the easiest thing in a world for any parent to do but, as a mother, your connection to your daughter is even closer, making the issue of drug addiction even more painful to touch upon.
Unfortunately, by denying the situation and doing nothing at all, you may be enabling her addiction and making things much worse. However hard it may to be to confront a daughter whom you suspect to be in trouble with drugs, it is very necessary that you do so. After all, it’s your responsibility to help your daughter through all of life’s crises.
It’s easier than you may think for you to find help for your daughter’s drug addiction. And it is definitely time for you to confront your daughter and get her into a rehab center where she can get well. The sooner you do so, the sooner you will be able to reclaim your relationship with your precious child. It’s time for you to make the hard decision to put your daughter on the path to healing.