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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 608949" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Hmm, mine did basically intensive outpatient treatment and after that aftercare was mostly meeting addiction therapist first once a week and later twice and once a month for year and half. He did move three hours away and there was big friend change but that wasn't to help with addiction. After all his addictive behaviour was solitary. </p><p></p><p>However I would be wary of that kind of school. Considering the relapse rate of addicts who actually are self-motivated, and considering we are talking about minors so it is not necessarily the kid who is motivated but a parent, there will most likely be more actively substance abusing kids in this type of school than in ordinary school, I'm not sure it is worth the money. At least be very cautious about actual success rate.</p><p></p><p>And even if you forget the relapses, you have to remember that those kids are likely to be far from ideal peer group. While it is very possible to develop pure substance addiction issues, it tends to take some time. So either those who are addicts before they are old enough to vote have started very early, which is a telltale of bigger issues or they do the very steep addiction spiral that tends to be a sign of bigger issues too. I'm not convinced that putting together group of very troubled teenagers and calling them a support network for each others is a winning formula.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 608949, member: 14557"] Hmm, mine did basically intensive outpatient treatment and after that aftercare was mostly meeting addiction therapist first once a week and later twice and once a month for year and half. He did move three hours away and there was big friend change but that wasn't to help with addiction. After all his addictive behaviour was solitary. However I would be wary of that kind of school. Considering the relapse rate of addicts who actually are self-motivated, and considering we are talking about minors so it is not necessarily the kid who is motivated but a parent, there will most likely be more actively substance abusing kids in this type of school than in ordinary school, I'm not sure it is worth the money. At least be very cautious about actual success rate. And even if you forget the relapses, you have to remember that those kids are likely to be far from ideal peer group. While it is very possible to develop pure substance addiction issues, it tends to take some time. So either those who are addicts before they are old enough to vote have started very early, which is a telltale of bigger issues or they do the very steep addiction spiral that tends to be a sign of bigger issues too. I'm not convinced that putting together group of very troubled teenagers and calling them a support network for each others is a winning formula. [/QUOTE]
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