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difficult child here, needing rehab: wait till semester's out? does it work? how much is copay?
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<blockquote data-quote="stalln4x" data-source="post: 558238" data-attributes="member: 15244"><p>Hey Nancy,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for being kind about that. I think I'll delete it in a bit, or perhaps just nuke every post I've made if my parents get on this forum. I just got to talk to my mom and she's on the phone right now. I don't have a sponsor in AA, but I realize the next big step is going to be getting one and actually <em>working</em> the steps and program rather than just going.</p><p></p><p>I'll admit I got very frustrated with my mom talking about this and the idea of rehab after I posted last on here. We actually had a couple chuckles, which was good (and surprising, talking about such a dire topic!). Her perspective, and I suspect my Dad's, is that if you keep screwing up while you're attending AA then you didn't fully accept the problem or fully try it. I accept that this is possible and the case with some, and that I should've probably been trying to actively work the steps, but I feel that the "if it didn't work, you weren't really doing it" mentality neglects the other possibility, namely that </p><p></p><p>I just confessed to drinking in addition to the K2 as well, plus that I got back into Nitrous and that when I didn't have anything available I tried inhalants (toluene, lighter fluid). My mom's on the phone with my Dad as I type this. We talked a little over some Burger King and she said she thinks the rehab thing is a manifestation of my impulsive/quick fix nature, but this may be exacerbated by her own reservations about rehab even though she did tell me about how a cousin of mine went (wow!). The rehab I toured has a location in my hometown and a location ~30 minutes from my college that has an outpatient program. That would allow me to finish my one class (which I'm failing--that's what drugs get ya) and continue my would-be-pristigious-if-I-had-actually-been-doing-it-instead-of-doing-drugs research position. They don't really know that I had been skipping lab meetings and doing drugs except for last week when I showed up... </p><p></p><p>I think maybe an outpatient program would work, but then again that's what AA is basically and I'd still be spending 5 days a week on my college campus with money available from the job and several liquor stores and head shops with K2 in walking distance. </p><p></p><p>Do you mean get a sponsor instead of go to rehab?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stalln4x, post: 558238, member: 15244"] Hey Nancy, Thanks for being kind about that. I think I'll delete it in a bit, or perhaps just nuke every post I've made if my parents get on this forum. I just got to talk to my mom and she's on the phone right now. I don't have a sponsor in AA, but I realize the next big step is going to be getting one and actually [I]working[/I] the steps and program rather than just going. I'll admit I got very frustrated with my mom talking about this and the idea of rehab after I posted last on here. We actually had a couple chuckles, which was good (and surprising, talking about such a dire topic!). Her perspective, and I suspect my Dad's, is that if you keep screwing up while you're attending AA then you didn't fully accept the problem or fully try it. I accept that this is possible and the case with some, and that I should've probably been trying to actively work the steps, but I feel that the "if it didn't work, you weren't really doing it" mentality neglects the other possibility, namely that I just confessed to drinking in addition to the K2 as well, plus that I got back into Nitrous and that when I didn't have anything available I tried inhalants (toluene, lighter fluid). My mom's on the phone with my Dad as I type this. We talked a little over some Burger King and she said she thinks the rehab thing is a manifestation of my impulsive/quick fix nature, but this may be exacerbated by her own reservations about rehab even though she did tell me about how a cousin of mine went (wow!). The rehab I toured has a location in my hometown and a location ~30 minutes from my college that has an outpatient program. That would allow me to finish my one class (which I'm failing--that's what drugs get ya) and continue my would-be-pristigious-if-I-had-actually-been-doing-it-instead-of-doing-drugs research position. They don't really know that I had been skipping lab meetings and doing drugs except for last week when I showed up... I think maybe an outpatient program would work, but then again that's what AA is basically and I'd still be spending 5 days a week on my college campus with money available from the job and several liquor stores and head shops with K2 in walking distance. Do you mean get a sponsor instead of go to rehab? [/QUOTE]
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