Quit running away, get organize, and prioritize. I understand you need your green to function(I do too as a SAHM with a 2 year old), but you can't get any. You need to wean your dependence on it for the time being, so that when you do get it you only use it in a STATE OF ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY/MELTDOWN, that means rationing. You need to prioritize what means the most to you, I'll do that for you though if you want.
1. Kids, safety, happiness, stability, and love. You do everything in your power to provide for these needs no matter what.

2. Family structure and support. You think you have it bad, put yourself in the place of your wife. Look at all the responsibilities a mother already has then multiply it by the pressure of knowing that when she really needs help there is no one there to help her. You stick around, no matter what. Things go bad you leave the house, not the property. Cool down, reorganize, and starting turning towards your problems and putting them to rest.

3. After all that you work on yourself. Everything you need to turn your life around and be the person you want to be in inside you and that is where you have to look. No drugs or meds will work towards fixing these problems, they only thing they can do is treat the negitive symptoms, not what is causing those symptoms. You are right to stay away from drug pushing Drs, but that means you need to seek altenative treatments. Try Yoga, and meditation, talk with someone wise(The worst thing you can do is talk to the wrong people about your problems especially if they are having similar problems to you). You may not know anyone like this where you live now, but you could find someone. Look for a old person who watches and sees everything, even a stranger. Sit down and start a conversation, tell them your thoughs on your mind at the time, then listen to their story.

Me and my husband were crack addicts who stopped cold turkey, a few years ago. I am bi-polar, ADD, and suffer from anexity, and depression. But we are strong and work hard and have turned our whole lives around. We struggle with the same battles you do everyday the only difference is we go about handling it a different way.

You need to learn to communicate properly with the people around you so they are better able to help you. Find a way to tell your kids that you really need them to give you some space so they understand that they are not responsible for how you feel, but they can help you feel better by leaving you alone. And learn to ask you wife to ground you and bring you back down to earth. Tell when you are falling apart and what you need from her to help you.
Never let a situation escalate. As soon as a situation gets out of control back and forth, learn that you are the only person who can deffuse it, and do it. Tit for tat and one uping may feel good at the moment but hurts everyone even more late.

You have the power, now you just have to decide to use it.
Chronic Chrissy Reviewed by Chronic Chrissy on . A parent's struggling to be a parent. I am going to start this thread with my frustration with being a parent/husband with a chemical imbalance. I have been trying to treat my condition "adhd/bi-polar. I quit smoking 4 years ago when I meet my wife.. That was a REALLY hard first 4 years of being married and a father. I started back up smoking marijuana back in june of '07 while doing a summer position in Philly. I saw tons of growth when I was smoking an a regular basis. I returned to Illinois. Shortly after i returned I ran Rating: 5