Let's say your parent's were both abusing prescribed medications from their Dr.s. for over 3 years. By abusing I mean 10 + Vicodin ES a day, 12, 1 mg Xanax a day... One of the parent's, the mother, had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibro Myalgia, supposedly. The father had threatened to kill the mother and other family members in the past. Do you think you would honestly not know that there was a problem if those were your parents?? I mean, do you think you would condone this behaviour? Is it just a coping mechanism to deny what is in front of you? Now, the mother has killed herself with these pills and the daughter is still somewhat in denial and trying to put blame on anyone but her own mother. What is the best way to deal with something like this? I have no choice but to interact with this person at least 2-3 times a month. I avoid confrontations If I have to but I haven't seen the daughter for at least a month but will in 2 weeks. I usually will just say it how I see it but I feel it's a delicate time and I should use discretion and tact if at all possible.
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