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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 505335" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Our daughter too has told us she is sick of treatment. She recites the years of therapy and RTCs and says she knows what she needs to know. I read somewhere that marijuana users have this erogance thing going on where they believe they are a step above other addicts. Our daughter believes this-she doesn't have a problem therefore according to her. She too refuses her antidepressants and has continued to use marijuana-I don't know how much. I can tell when she is headed for relapse (this is mostly sexually acting out for her) because she gets demanding and agitated. She seems to be able to hold it together for a good month and then off she goes. We have tried forcing therapy and everything else. All we can do is support recovery efforts and not enable. This line is so hard to find with minors because they are our responsibility. I have now come to the point where I have let go of some of the control. </p><p></p><p>We had to give our daughter a chance as well when she came out of the last Residential Treatment Center (RTC). ( my gut told me not to do it but I let my heart win). We did not think she would be coming out as quickly as she did-we had lined up a second stint in the first Residential Treatment Center (RTC). She refused, cried, begged. We let her try being home. She made it 3 days at her alternative high school and only a few weeks until acting out. We looked into another Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and decided not to do it because each time she was worse. We ended up with a GED (she would only be a Junior) so now we have this sick kid who wont be 18 for awhile and has too much time on her hands. She is working again, but... I just don't think in our case that forcing more treatment will help at this point. She is going to have to be hit hard by life. </p><p></p><p>This is scary for us-I totally understand your worries. I know that none of us can control another human, and we cannot predict the future. We can only do the best we can in the moment. You and your family will have to decide if letting him home will be in his best interest-the school might be of help making this decision as well. Who knows where his head will be in a few months?? Hugs to you, you are not alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 505335, member: 11001"] Our daughter too has told us she is sick of treatment. She recites the years of therapy and RTCs and says she knows what she needs to know. I read somewhere that marijuana users have this erogance thing going on where they believe they are a step above other addicts. Our daughter believes this-she doesn't have a problem therefore according to her. She too refuses her antidepressants and has continued to use marijuana-I don't know how much. I can tell when she is headed for relapse (this is mostly sexually acting out for her) because she gets demanding and agitated. She seems to be able to hold it together for a good month and then off she goes. We have tried forcing therapy and everything else. All we can do is support recovery efforts and not enable. This line is so hard to find with minors because they are our responsibility. I have now come to the point where I have let go of some of the control. We had to give our daughter a chance as well when she came out of the last Residential Treatment Center (RTC). ( my gut told me not to do it but I let my heart win). We did not think she would be coming out as quickly as she did-we had lined up a second stint in the first Residential Treatment Center (RTC). She refused, cried, begged. We let her try being home. She made it 3 days at her alternative high school and only a few weeks until acting out. We looked into another Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and decided not to do it because each time she was worse. We ended up with a GED (she would only be a Junior) so now we have this sick kid who wont be 18 for awhile and has too much time on her hands. She is working again, but... I just don't think in our case that forcing more treatment will help at this point. She is going to have to be hit hard by life. This is scary for us-I totally understand your worries. I know that none of us can control another human, and we cannot predict the future. We can only do the best we can in the moment. You and your family will have to decide if letting him home will be in his best interest-the school might be of help making this decision as well. Who knows where his head will be in a few months?? Hugs to you, you are not alone. [/QUOTE]
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