I've been using drugs abusing drugs to control my emotions about my husband being in jail. This is the only way I know of to make myself feel better. How do I find something healthy to put my emotions?

I can only imagine how difficult it might be for you during this time. It sounds like your drug use has been a coping mechanism for you, but that you identify that it isn’t healthy for you and you are hoping to find new ways of coping with your current life challenges. Are you able to recall a time in your life when you had to cope and you didn’t use drugs? Tell me about times in your life where you felt the most in control of your emotions? What are things in your life that you feel is healthy for you?

Hi there! I'm really sorry that your husband's imprisonment has had a negative impact on you. I would be devastated as well if I were in your shoes. You clearly really love and miss your husband and are using drugs as a coping mechanism. I would imagine that he loves and cares about you too, meaning he wants the best for you. Its quite possible that you can find a way other than drugs to deal with him being in jail. What advice would you give him on managing his emotions if you were the one in jail and he was struggling to cope?