The Trek to Finding Real Love: Coping
Uncovering Coping Mechanisms Dealing with an addiction at home, albeit a parent’s addiction, can be uncertain and uncomfortable at times. Coping with this situation could be difficult. The best times were to be had at school, a friend’s sleepover, or engaging in an athletic practice. In other words, staying away from home was paramount to keeping some modicum of sanity. Secrets of the addiction kept embarrassment down, but loneliness was always an issue. I had to find opportunities to slip…