Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6905051-20131203105732/@comment-4839682-20140609182502

My sister was stealing from her and taking advantage from her, and bringing fairly dangerous people around. My mom realized that she was enabling my sister, that she needed to hit rock bottom so she could truly build a better life, and that having my mom as a crutch was preventing that. My mom cutting her off was standing by her and helping her. It was exactly what she needed, and was likely the worst decision my mother ever had to make. Sometimes love means you need to step back, sometimes what the other person needs is to fall and pick themself up. And sometimes that has to be done alone.