October 16, 2018 - The Conners
I watched the premiere of 'The Conners' tonight and so many emotions filled my mind....
Roseanne Conner died of an opiod overdose, a fatal consequence of an untreated addiction that she managed to get others to feed. My birth father died of Stage 4 cancer of the adrenal gland, which was caused by years of alcohol and sometimes drug abuse. He drank even after he was diagnosed and he also mixed booze and pain pills, so his decline was quick, painful, and sometimes psychotic.
I am familiar with what death by addiction can do to a family. After the death of my birth father, my family was left with nothing and we managed to score a rental trailer for a year and later on, an apartment in the city when Mom and I both made the decision to pursue
There were a few points in the movie where the family finds stashes of Roseanne's pills all over the house and they quickly realize how deep her addiction was. It reminded me of how my birth father used to hide bottles of any kind all over the house, the semi, and the garage. We did a cleanse of all three once and we found like 40 full-size bottles.
Addicts are experts at hiding the reality and depth of their addictions, but they are not experts in knowing how to avoid hurting everyone around them just to get a fix. They do whatever they can to get their fix until it finally kills them and leaves broken people behind, but the people left behind by dead addicts don't have to stay broken.
Family members affected by addicts don't have to stay in the eggshell pattern even after the addicts are no longer around. They can rise, embrace the Atonement, and be healed by Christ's love and strength.
Roseanne Conner died of an opiod overdose, a fatal consequence of an untreated addiction that she managed to get others to feed. My birth father died of Stage 4 cancer of the adrenal gland, which was caused by years of alcohol and sometimes drug abuse. He drank even after he was diagnosed and he also mixed booze and pain pills, so his decline was quick, painful, and sometimes psychotic.
I am familiar with what death by addiction can do to a family. After the death of my birth father, my family was left with nothing and we managed to score a rental trailer for a year and later on, an apartment in the city when Mom and I both made the decision to pursue
There were a few points in the movie where the family finds stashes of Roseanne's pills all over the house and they quickly realize how deep her addiction was. It reminded me of how my birth father used to hide bottles of any kind all over the house, the semi, and the garage. We did a cleanse of all three once and we found like 40 full-size bottles.
Addicts are experts at hiding the reality and depth of their addictions, but they are not experts in knowing how to avoid hurting everyone around them just to get a fix. They do whatever they can to get their fix until it finally kills them and leaves broken people behind, but the people left behind by dead addicts don't have to stay broken.
Family members affected by addicts don't have to stay in the eggshell pattern even after the addicts are no longer around. They can rise, embrace the Atonement, and be healed by Christ's love and strength.
Cancer is not caused by drug abuse or alcoholism.
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