Posted: September 18, 2014| Author: Candess M. Campbell, PhD | Filed under: Energy Medicine DNA , Iwannabeaskinnybitch | Tags: ACOA , Addiction , Adult Children , Candess , Candess Campbell , chemical dependency , childhood , counselor , daughter , daughters of the bottle , dependency , dysfunction , dysfunctional , dysfunctional family , innocence , Jane Middleton-Moz , Juggler in A Mirror , love , Parent , poem | “Why not ask a Loving Parent to help us reclaim our childhood innocence and to live more gently today?” This week there has been a theme of addiction with my clients. Alcoholism and drug addiction affect the whole family. I remember when I first became a chemical dependency counselor back in the early 1980s. One of the poems I loved was this one. Maybe you can relate. Daughters of the Bottle until I was twenty-two
I didn’t think anyone else
had a drunk for a mother
then I met lori, joannie and susan
I recognized them immediately
by their stay away smiles
they were leaders in their work
competent imposters
like me
who would say they were sorry
if somebody bumped into them
on a crowded street
I call on them
once in awhile
they always come
children of alcoholics
always do
Juggler in A Mirror
