Hi CJR:
I understand that, believe me, I know! I went thru that as a
young child myself. I have memories stored up for a lifetime and still play those tapes now and then. Ok, mostly
now. But, ALL the more reason for you and the family to take a firm stand and INTERVENE on her behalf to get her to seek help before she ruins every relationship she has.
My mother wouldn't do it, and eventually NONE of her kids
would come back. Even me. Now after her suicide, I'm only too sorry I wasn't forgiving. I will never know the whys or how to's that made her crazy. Now I'm there and my own two kids sometimes don't come around me. I have made peace with my youngest child, but my eldest and I are like two fuses in a stick of dynamite each playing "can you top this"???? Two trains on a ONE-WAY trak and no going back!!! It gets pretty intense sometimes. I think it's because she sends me backsliding into the parent/child thing, whereas I become the child and she's the parent. We
butt heads as soon as we hit the floor. Sadly, we've never been able to resolve our issues with one and other. I keep
praying that God will bring us together soon and we then become friends, or civil to each other.

Thanks for posting. I wish you luck with her cjr, and if you need to, pm me and we can chat alone.