Originally Posted by fastfunfor2
This is way over my head. I love the subject of philosophy and how it affects our lives, but I am no shrink. It sounds like your girl needs a team of specialists. I think medical problems can greatly affect behavior, to the degree that the person can't be held responsible for their actions. Drug abuse is a different story, though. Whatever the case, Good luck, and I admire you for looking after the kids.
She was into the drug abuse seen for a few years (22 to 24), but stopped when she found out she was pregenant the first time, so it's been over 4 year's. The wife thinks getting pregenant probably saved her life and it probably did. When she was 21 or so, she said her and her mom needed to see a counselor or something for their problems getting along. The wife jumped right on that. They went one time, they both talked to the conselor together then she wanted to talk to the daughter alone. After that the daughter said the counselor didn't help at all and did not want to go back, I'd say she told her that her mother was right about their problems is the reason she didn't want to go back. My guess is it is just in her genetic make up, my wife has a brother that don't know the truth from a lie and is a total idiot. I am not her biological dad, she came as a package deal with the wife at 2 years old, so it's not my gene's thank God. Her biological dad had a bad reputation for violent behavior, the wife had broke it off with him before she found out she herself was pregenant because he started getting rough with her.