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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 124073" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>CK1: no curfew: he was an "adult" when he did the crime, he's an "adult" now that he's "doing the time". So, no curfew. </p><p></p><p><strong><u>Adult</u></strong>, of course, is a very loose appleation that could only be applied to my son by (a) the current legal system, and (b) one of three one-eyed, drunk, aborignal shamen that live in New Guinea. No other human (or sub-human) with more than two functioning neurons in their head would mistake my son for an adult.</p><p></p><p>Also, since he's an "adult", we're not bound by the law to do anything. As far as "the law" is concerned, we're no more than landlords. I did ask, though, and his DO said if I could bring him <strong>hard proof</strong> that McW was breaking the terms of his diversion, then he could order a spot check. But that's it - nothing more. And if the test shows clean, unless I have video or something else concrete there's nothing they can do. I'm starting to feel that Diversion is the County's way of keeping the jail population to a minimum and still bring in a few more bucks. God knows that after a month, McWeedy's feeling antsy and hasn't been scared into doing anything better - only to avoid the drugs that will show up on a test.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and he tortures us as punishiment for standing between him and his fix. Ah well, it may be a sick thought, but the DO did say that less than 50 percent of people on diversion complete the program successfully. The rest end up in jail, rehab, or something else because they can't even stay within the simplistic rules set for diversion. Given that I'm SURE he will regress the day his diversion ends, I find myself hoping he'll get busted, and end up in rehab (maybe get some help), or jail (out of my house, no more druggie drama, and maybe he'll be scared by that event; he's a wuss with a capital "W" when you dig into him a bit).</p><p></p><p>DDD: Thanks for the advice. wife did the driving, I just held the map and gave a few directions. Seems to be the only way it'll work for now. It may be that the only thing this "new" stance will save is my marriage, but McW's going to go his own way, regardless. So I'll go where this path takes me, for now.</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 124073, member: 3579"] CK1: no curfew: he was an "adult" when he did the crime, he's an "adult" now that he's "doing the time". So, no curfew. [B][U]Adult[/U][/B], of course, is a very loose appleation that could only be applied to my son by (a) the current legal system, and (b) one of three one-eyed, drunk, aborignal shamen that live in New Guinea. No other human (or sub-human) with more than two functioning neurons in their head would mistake my son for an adult. Also, since he's an "adult", we're not bound by the law to do anything. As far as "the law" is concerned, we're no more than landlords. I did ask, though, and his DO said if I could bring him [B]hard proof[/B] that McW was breaking the terms of his diversion, then he could order a spot check. But that's it - nothing more. And if the test shows clean, unless I have video or something else concrete there's nothing they can do. I'm starting to feel that Diversion is the County's way of keeping the jail population to a minimum and still bring in a few more bucks. God knows that after a month, McWeedy's feeling antsy and hasn't been scared into doing anything better - only to avoid the drugs that will show up on a test. Oh, and he tortures us as punishiment for standing between him and his fix. Ah well, it may be a sick thought, but the DO did say that less than 50 percent of people on diversion complete the program successfully. The rest end up in jail, rehab, or something else because they can't even stay within the simplistic rules set for diversion. Given that I'm SURE he will regress the day his diversion ends, I find myself hoping he'll get busted, and end up in rehab (maybe get some help), or jail (out of my house, no more druggie drama, and maybe he'll be scared by that event; he's a wuss with a capital "W" when you dig into him a bit). DDD: Thanks for the advice. wife did the driving, I just held the map and gave a few directions. Seems to be the only way it'll work for now. It may be that the only thing this "new" stance will save is my marriage, but McW's going to go his own way, regardless. So I'll go where this path takes me, for now. Mikey [/QUOTE]
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