PRIORITIES IN LIFE

What's more important, CIGARETTES and BEER or the welfare of an emotionally fragile child.  Dramatics are her game and BLAME is her name.  BLAME cannot get ready for real issues, because she's lived in a world of smoke and mirrors for a long time.  I am really amused by BLAME'S antics now, where as in the past, I would become angry. Reality has finally came to BLAMES' door and she is having a very difficult time answering the HARD KNOCKING.  I use to think that BLAME had life semi together, but not anymore.  BLAME is lame and she's taking her partner DENIAL on a ride, that is headed no where fast!  BLAME has a very nasty habit that has become even more of an epidemic today, PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE . DENIAL over medicates himself as well, but the poor chap had an AORTIC ANUERYSUM about two months ago and still hasn't made a full recovery.  I don't condone over medicating for any reason, but I can understand when someone is in physical pain.  BLAME'S parents decided to get CPS(child protective services) involved after BLAME and DENIAL didn't fufill a rehabilitation promise. They said it wasn't the type of program they needed after five days at the facility.  The downward spiral began about three years ago for BLAME and DENIAL.  The family started to notice changes in their appearance, borrowing money,  financial obligations not being met, and finally they lost their home.  BLAME and DENIAL use to be very discreet with their medication usage, but then it became very noticiable to everyone, including their child.  The child has become so suspicious of their every move,  it's like she's a SECRET AGENT.  FRAGILE is temporarily living with me, until CPS can determine whether or not her parents can have her back unsupervised. FRAGILE has been put in some very scary situations since all this mess started.  On several occasions, FRAGILE has told stories of her parents not acting like themselves, no food in the house, being in strange places with strange people(the family summed that up as drug buys), and her life changing completly.  FRAGILE has watched her life change from "privileged" to "welfare" and that can be devastating for anyone, so one can only imagine the effects on a 12yr. old  mind. I know it's going to take alot of therapy for FRAGILE  to recover from this, maybe she never will, I pray she does.  BLAME and DENIAL have not made any major changes in their pattern of lies, deceit, and prescription drug use.  I watch from the sidelines and protect my niece to the best of my abilty, but I've realized that my own family(husband and three children) is being affected by this as well.  I am going to continue to be here for my niece, but when her parents are more concerned about having money for PARTYFAVORS, it makes it difficult for me and my husband to have sympathy for them.  I would never turn my back on FRAGILE, but BLAME and DENIAL are treading on very thin ice with everyone.   The prescription drug abuse has reached an all time high and I know that it's not just affecting my family, but families around the globe.  The doctors and pharmacies who peddle narcotics, need to be held accountable just like the CRACK DEALER on the corner.  We all have to show more responsiblity, but what happens to the children, when their parents are caught in the grips of ADDICTION?  BLAME, DENIAL, and FRAGILE use to have the ideal family life with the dog, the cat, and the white picket fence and now life has changed forever.  We all pray that now that CPS is involved, maybe something can shake their cages and they take the addiction blinders off, get the help they need, and become the people that FRAGILE and the rest of the family once knew and loved.