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Son going through a tough situation
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<blockquote data-quote="DarkwingPsyduck" data-source="post: 695913" data-attributes="member: 20267"><p>What is he addicted to, exactly? That makes a huge difference on how you should approach recovery. If he is addicted to benzos or alochol, it can be dangerous to go cold turkey without medical supervision. They can (and do) result in potentially life threatening seizures.</p><p></p><p>If he is addicted to pain medication, or any other opioid (heroin, vicoden, percocet, morphine, etc,), the detox wont be life threatening. It is so uncomfortable, he may find himself thinking death might be better, but it wont kill him. He will be more uncomfortable than anybody who hasn't experienced it could comprehend, though. Imagine the worst flu you have ever had. Multiply it by 10, and add in days where sleep is impossible. Then you're close.</p><p></p><p>If he isn't ready, he isn't ready. Rock bottom differs from person to person, but we often need to hit that before we can recover. When we are at our lowest points, we are open to the greatest change. If you're supporting him financially in any way, I'd recommend you stop. Paying his rent, his phone, food, gas, etc. Doing those things for him only slow his path to recovery down. You should only offer TRUE help. Not to solve his problems for him, but WITH him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkwingPsyduck, post: 695913, member: 20267"] What is he addicted to, exactly? That makes a huge difference on how you should approach recovery. If he is addicted to benzos or alochol, it can be dangerous to go cold turkey without medical supervision. They can (and do) result in potentially life threatening seizures. If he is addicted to pain medication, or any other opioid (heroin, vicoden, percocet, morphine, etc,), the detox wont be life threatening. It is so uncomfortable, he may find himself thinking death might be better, but it wont kill him. He will be more uncomfortable than anybody who hasn't experienced it could comprehend, though. Imagine the worst flu you have ever had. Multiply it by 10, and add in days where sleep is impossible. Then you're close. If he isn't ready, he isn't ready. Rock bottom differs from person to person, but we often need to hit that before we can recover. When we are at our lowest points, we are open to the greatest change. If you're supporting him financially in any way, I'd recommend you stop. Paying his rent, his phone, food, gas, etc. Doing those things for him only slow his path to recovery down. You should only offer TRUE help. Not to solve his problems for him, but WITH him. [/QUOTE]
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