I tried to stay out of this one......
IMHO, I think you need to take care of you own addictions first. But I think you're on the right track. Do you really think that your addictions don't affect the people around you? Your mom's addictions affect you and everyone in her life so how can you possibly think that yours don't affect people in the same way?
People with addictions never realize how much it affects the people around them. I work with a bunch of guys who all drink and do drugs and they actually think it doesn't affect their wives and children. It's absolutely irresponsible and 100% selfish. Then they can't seem to figure out why they get divorced and their kids all end up being alcoholics and drug addicts..... See a pattern here?
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