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<blockquote data-quote="Zardo" data-source="post: 478418" data-attributes="member: 12490"><p>I am so sorry about your situation. I have been there and know the desperation and confusion. Our son is about 1.5 years into this journey. He is doing MUCH better than an year and a half ago, but I can tell you that it has been a long road with a lot of ups and downs and there is no "one time fix". If you are looking for an immediate intervention, I would reccomend a Wilderness program with a strong emphasis on substance abuse. We started our journey with this. Many TBS require it. Prior to Wilderness, our son was unreachable. His pot use was at the stage of "dependance" and he was experimenting with other drugs, he was angry, defiant, didn't do ANY school work...he was unreachable. Our turning point was when he was caught at school and expelled. Believe it or not, that was a good thing...suddenly, it was no longer him vs. us.....when I picked him up at the police station his first comment was "why didn't I listen to you". While he soon went right back to his pot smoking ways, it was the beginning of our journey. When he went right back to it and got caught again, we sent him to Wilderness. One of the keys here is that his actions got him into trouble and we responded to "help" him. When he got home, 90 days later, we had a loving son again who wanted to be part of our family structure. He was committed to being sober. While he has relapsed a couple of times since then, they are just that, relapses. The constant use, lying and sneaking are gone. He attend outpatient programs and attends AA. He has had a couple of slips, but he is working on becoming a part of society again. He is still a work in progress as the beahviors learned as part of the drug using culture take a while to re-shape. I am VERY knowledgeable of Wilderness programs as I researched so many on the East Coast. There are some that take kids that want to change and other that take kids that don't want any part of it. If you are interested, send me a private message and I will tell you of a few that are very good with substance abuse. In the meantime, there are some great books that helped me gain understanding and realize that I was not alone - "Intervention" by Chad Hepler ; "Changing for Good" (Prochaska) and "Teens Under the Influence" (Ketcham) will give you information and solace. Good luck and message me if you need to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardo, post: 478418, member: 12490"] I am so sorry about your situation. I have been there and know the desperation and confusion. Our son is about 1.5 years into this journey. He is doing MUCH better than an year and a half ago, but I can tell you that it has been a long road with a lot of ups and downs and there is no "one time fix". If you are looking for an immediate intervention, I would reccomend a Wilderness program with a strong emphasis on substance abuse. We started our journey with this. Many TBS require it. Prior to Wilderness, our son was unreachable. His pot use was at the stage of "dependance" and he was experimenting with other drugs, he was angry, defiant, didn't do ANY school work...he was unreachable. Our turning point was when he was caught at school and expelled. Believe it or not, that was a good thing...suddenly, it was no longer him vs. us.....when I picked him up at the police station his first comment was "why didn't I listen to you". While he soon went right back to his pot smoking ways, it was the beginning of our journey. When he went right back to it and got caught again, we sent him to Wilderness. One of the keys here is that his actions got him into trouble and we responded to "help" him. When he got home, 90 days later, we had a loving son again who wanted to be part of our family structure. He was committed to being sober. While he has relapsed a couple of times since then, they are just that, relapses. The constant use, lying and sneaking are gone. He attend outpatient programs and attends AA. He has had a couple of slips, but he is working on becoming a part of society again. He is still a work in progress as the beahviors learned as part of the drug using culture take a while to re-shape. I am VERY knowledgeable of Wilderness programs as I researched so many on the East Coast. There are some that take kids that want to change and other that take kids that don't want any part of it. If you are interested, send me a private message and I will tell you of a few that are very good with substance abuse. In the meantime, there are some great books that helped me gain understanding and realize that I was not alone - "Intervention" by Chad Hepler ; "Changing for Good" (Prochaska) and "Teens Under the Influence" (Ketcham) will give you information and solace. Good luck and message me if you need to. [/QUOTE]
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