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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 616947" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Hi Diana and welcome. Your story hits home because we have a daughter that progressed from pot and alcohol to opiates (pills) and finally to shooting up heroin. She overdosed on our living room couch. My husband found her in the nick of time and he and another person that was there at the time did chest compressions until the EMT's could get there and administer Narcan. They told him that if he had walked in the door two minutes later she would have died.</p><p></p><p>When addicts progress to heroin it is just a matter of time until they overdose. You need to do something NOW while you still can.</p><p></p><p>Mine is a long story that you can find if you use the search feature and enter kathy813. After the overdose, we hired an Interventionist to help us get our difficult child to a 3 month residential treatment center in another state. difficult child knew the eviction laws and refused to go during the Intervention so the Interventionist took us to family court and had us file a temporary protection order against our difficult child. It was granted by the judge on the basis that she was bringing heroin into our home.</p><p></p><p>Once our difficult child knew that she had nowhere to go, she agreed to go to the treatment center. You are lucky that you have insurance. We had to pay everything out of pocket. However, it was worth every penny to me because I am convinced that it saved my daughter's life.</p><p></p><p>After completing the 3-month program (and I believe that it has to be at least 3 months to be effective) plus the intensive outpatient aftercare, my difficult child stayed in the state where the program was. On the advice of her treatment team, we refused to let our difficult child come back here to live. We told her that she needed to build a new life clean and sober. She first lived in a sober house which we paid for while she got on her feet. She has been working at a full time job now for six months and is living on her own and for the most part paying her own bills.</p><p></p><p>Nothing will change if you do not take a stand here and now. Your difficult child will not stop using drugs despite your pleas to get help. Think of it this way . . . you are not "kicking" him out on the street. He has a place to go. If he chooses not to go, then it will be his decision to end up homeless.</p><p></p><p>Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about the treatment program. Unfortunately, I now know much more than I ever thought I would about dual diagnosis treatment centers . . . particularly in south Florida.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 616947, member: 1967"] Hi Diana and welcome. Your story hits home because we have a daughter that progressed from pot and alcohol to opiates (pills) and finally to shooting up heroin. She overdosed on our living room couch. My husband found her in the nick of time and he and another person that was there at the time did chest compressions until the EMT's could get there and administer Narcan. They told him that if he had walked in the door two minutes later she would have died. When addicts progress to heroin it is just a matter of time until they overdose. You need to do something NOW while you still can. Mine is a long story that you can find if you use the search feature and enter kathy813. After the overdose, we hired an Interventionist to help us get our difficult child to a 3 month residential treatment center in another state. difficult child knew the eviction laws and refused to go during the Intervention so the Interventionist took us to family court and had us file a temporary protection order against our difficult child. It was granted by the judge on the basis that she was bringing heroin into our home. Once our difficult child knew that she had nowhere to go, she agreed to go to the treatment center. You are lucky that you have insurance. We had to pay everything out of pocket. However, it was worth every penny to me because I am convinced that it saved my daughter's life. After completing the 3-month program (and I believe that it has to be at least 3 months to be effective) plus the intensive outpatient aftercare, my difficult child stayed in the state where the program was. On the advice of her treatment team, we refused to let our difficult child come back here to live. We told her that she needed to build a new life clean and sober. She first lived in a sober house which we paid for while she got on her feet. She has been working at a full time job now for six months and is living on her own and for the most part paying her own bills. Nothing will change if you do not take a stand here and now. Your difficult child will not stop using drugs despite your pleas to get help. Think of it this way . . . you are not "kicking" him out on the street. He has a place to go. If he chooses not to go, then it will be his decision to end up homeless. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about the treatment program. Unfortunately, I now know much more than I ever thought I would about dual diagnosis treatment centers . . . particularly in south Florida. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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