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More drug problems, just one week after rehab
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<blockquote data-quote="Zardo" data-source="post: 500340" data-attributes="member: 12490"><p>He is on the path to recovery, but it has been bumpy. He went away for 90 days in June and came back thinking he would just "stop for now" - as you all know, that doesn't work and he slipped after 3 weeks, just an isolated incident, but still a "slip". He then stepped up outpatient and added AA, seemed committed and then "slipped" again after 6 weeks, this time worse on Robitussin and ended up in the hospital. Again, an "isolated incident" but still a slip. He came home from that begging for help - he did a 6 week IOP program, 3 hours per day, 3 days per week. He is sober right now and attends aftercare, but I do worry that he doesn't take recovery seriously enough. He still has his old friends who he claims and I will admit,they all appear to be doing better, but I know they still smoke pot recreationally and I worry that having a peer group like that will eventually lead him back to it. We are committed that there will be no drugs in our home. If he slips again, we will step up treatment again. I will not back off. If he cannot committ, we will make another rule that WE can live with. I envision something like "OK, you won't listen to me and I told you there are no drugs in this home, so from now on, if I find drugs in this home, I will call the police to deal with it." I just feel so strongly that I cannot allow them in my home. We have been fortunate that when he slips, he always asks for help and seems committed. It's not easy. We think forward sometimes about when he is 18. If it is still going on at that time, I know we will ask him to leave our home. I cannot live with drugs in the house, period. My husband, daughter and I deserve peace as do you. At the same time, you must do what is right for you inside your soul, so you draw your line they way YOU need to draw it. Maybe that means evicting him, maybe not. The bottom line is YOU know what's right for you inside your soul, so follow your own path to YOUR recovery, his will hopefully come eventually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardo, post: 500340, member: 12490"] He is on the path to recovery, but it has been bumpy. He went away for 90 days in June and came back thinking he would just "stop for now" - as you all know, that doesn't work and he slipped after 3 weeks, just an isolated incident, but still a "slip". He then stepped up outpatient and added AA, seemed committed and then "slipped" again after 6 weeks, this time worse on Robitussin and ended up in the hospital. Again, an "isolated incident" but still a slip. He came home from that begging for help - he did a 6 week IOP program, 3 hours per day, 3 days per week. He is sober right now and attends aftercare, but I do worry that he doesn't take recovery seriously enough. He still has his old friends who he claims and I will admit,they all appear to be doing better, but I know they still smoke pot recreationally and I worry that having a peer group like that will eventually lead him back to it. We are committed that there will be no drugs in our home. If he slips again, we will step up treatment again. I will not back off. If he cannot committ, we will make another rule that WE can live with. I envision something like "OK, you won't listen to me and I told you there are no drugs in this home, so from now on, if I find drugs in this home, I will call the police to deal with it." I just feel so strongly that I cannot allow them in my home. We have been fortunate that when he slips, he always asks for help and seems committed. It's not easy. We think forward sometimes about when he is 18. If it is still going on at that time, I know we will ask him to leave our home. I cannot live with drugs in the house, period. My husband, daughter and I deserve peace as do you. At the same time, you must do what is right for you inside your soul, so you draw your line they way YOU need to draw it. Maybe that means evicting him, maybe not. The bottom line is YOU know what's right for you inside your soul, so follow your own path to YOUR recovery, his will hopefully come eventually. [/QUOTE]
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