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Daughter Voluntarily At Treatment Center... I Am Skeptical
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<blockquote data-quote="WiseChoices" data-source="post: 755531" data-attributes="member: 24254"><p>Dear Chickpea,</p><p>I can hear the anguish and overwhelm in your text. This is hard stuff. </p><p></p><p>Looking at it from a more positive angle , I think that your daughter is seeing that she has a problem and that she needs help .Her Step 1 "Admitted we were powerless over alcohol and drugs" may come in stages. Finding recovery is not always linear but you know that having been through many ups and downs with your daughter over the years. For her to check herself into a mental health facility for evaluation says a lot , however. </p><p></p><p>I think for me, I take these positive steps that happen and I think 'this is it". I put all my hope and good feelings into the situation. I allow the actions of others to determine how I feel. I am (slowly) learning to take everything with more detachment , with a sense of dispassion. "Oh, you are checking yourself in, oh ok. Good luck with that (non-sarcastic). "Oh, you have checked yourself out, ok". I am trying not to be emotionally involved in the actions of other people. So far it is helping me a lot.</p><p></p><p>My daughter is heading out to be with her friend over night and I know they will drink and get high. I don't say anything. "Oh, ok, have a good time". She knows she can't come home drunk or high or she will be out for 24 hours for the first offense, but what she does off property is her business. I will turn my phone off and sleep. If she runs into trouble due to her actions, she will have to rescue herself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WiseChoices, post: 755531, member: 24254"] Dear Chickpea, I can hear the anguish and overwhelm in your text. This is hard stuff. Looking at it from a more positive angle , I think that your daughter is seeing that she has a problem and that she needs help .Her Step 1 "Admitted we were powerless over alcohol and drugs" may come in stages. Finding recovery is not always linear but you know that having been through many ups and downs with your daughter over the years. For her to check herself into a mental health facility for evaluation says a lot , however. I think for me, I take these positive steps that happen and I think 'this is it". I put all my hope and good feelings into the situation. I allow the actions of others to determine how I feel. I am (slowly) learning to take everything with more detachment , with a sense of dispassion. "Oh, you are checking yourself in, oh ok. Good luck with that (non-sarcastic). "Oh, you have checked yourself out, ok". I am trying not to be emotionally involved in the actions of other people. So far it is helping me a lot. My daughter is heading out to be with her friend over night and I know they will drink and get high. I don't say anything. "Oh, ok, have a good time". She knows she can't come home drunk or high or she will be out for 24 hours for the first offense, but what she does off property is her business. I will turn my phone off and sleep. If she runs into trouble due to her actions, she will have to rescue herself. [/QUOTE]
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