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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 606000" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Princess, my difficult child went to residential kicking and screaming. We ended up using an Interventionist and went to the court system to get a temporary protection order to make her leave our home. It was only after she had no options and nowhere to live that she agreed to go to residential.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, she made all sorts of promises about going to intensive outpatient which was only a tactic to get out of going to a residential treatment center. I understand what your husband is saying. I fought spending that kind of money on our daughter, also. It was only after my husband came home to find her overdosed on our living room couch that I realized my life savings would mean nothing to me after I buried my daughter.</p><p></p><p>So, husband and I thought long and hard and decided that we would spend whatever it took to get her into treatment. Yes, we knew that we might be throwing money down the drain because there were no guarantees. I thought of it like this . . . if she had cancer and someone told us that there was an expensive treatment program that had a 50% chance of saving her life, would we even think twice about spending the money? Of course not. Would anyone question our decision to spend the money? </p><p></p><p>Yet, with addiction, everyone kept cautioning us that it might not work and we would be out the money. My answer was . . . but what if it worked? </p><p></p><p>So, ultimately you and your husband have to be comfortable with whatever decision you make. There are no right or wrong answers for any of us. </p><p></p><p>It is too early to tell for my daughter but we are hopeful.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 606000, member: 1967"] Princess, my difficult child went to residential kicking and screaming. We ended up using an Interventionist and went to the court system to get a temporary protection order to make her leave our home. It was only after she had no options and nowhere to live that she agreed to go to residential. In the meantime, she made all sorts of promises about going to intensive outpatient which was only a tactic to get out of going to a residential treatment center. I understand what your husband is saying. I fought spending that kind of money on our daughter, also. It was only after my husband came home to find her overdosed on our living room couch that I realized my life savings would mean nothing to me after I buried my daughter. So, husband and I thought long and hard and decided that we would spend whatever it took to get her into treatment. Yes, we knew that we might be throwing money down the drain because there were no guarantees. I thought of it like this . . . if she had cancer and someone told us that there was an expensive treatment program that had a 50% chance of saving her life, would we even think twice about spending the money? Of course not. Would anyone question our decision to spend the money? Yet, with addiction, everyone kept cautioning us that it might not work and we would be out the money. My answer was . . . but what if it worked? So, ultimately you and your husband have to be comfortable with whatever decision you make. There are no right or wrong answers for any of us. It is too early to tell for my daughter but we are hopeful. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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