toughlovin
Well-Known Member
Hi Everyone,
Well tomorrow it looks like my son will move from the residential program to a sober living......and he will start an IOP on Monday. I have to say my son has been figuring this out without a lot of help from the residential program and he seems to be making some good choices. He has not been impressed with the residential program and did not want to do their IOP because of that. So he did some research and found an IOP that does a lot more therapeutic work trying to understand the underlying issues which he thinks he needs. I agree. I talked to them also and they sound good. So then he was looking for a sober living, and did not like a couple he saw, and a 3rd one he was referred to he found out from talking to people has had several people using there so he did not want to go there. So he finally decided his best bet was the sober living associated with the residential program he is in. He can go there but do a different IOP. I talked to them as well and it sounds like they believe that the steps is the only way to recovery and you don't really need therapy! So I agree that is probably not the best IOP for him..... So he is a bit worried they will pressure him to do their IOP but so far he is being clear that he is going to do this other one. So I do think at the moment he is making some good choices, has done some good research which is good. But of course we will just have to see..... I am really hoping that this time he really makes forward progress....but I am not counting on anything.
TL
Well tomorrow it looks like my son will move from the residential program to a sober living......and he will start an IOP on Monday. I have to say my son has been figuring this out without a lot of help from the residential program and he seems to be making some good choices. He has not been impressed with the residential program and did not want to do their IOP because of that. So he did some research and found an IOP that does a lot more therapeutic work trying to understand the underlying issues which he thinks he needs. I agree. I talked to them also and they sound good. So then he was looking for a sober living, and did not like a couple he saw, and a 3rd one he was referred to he found out from talking to people has had several people using there so he did not want to go there. So he finally decided his best bet was the sober living associated with the residential program he is in. He can go there but do a different IOP. I talked to them as well and it sounds like they believe that the steps is the only way to recovery and you don't really need therapy! So I agree that is probably not the best IOP for him..... So he is a bit worried they will pressure him to do their IOP but so far he is being clear that he is going to do this other one. So I do think at the moment he is making some good choices, has done some good research which is good. But of course we will just have to see..... I am really hoping that this time he really makes forward progress....but I am not counting on anything.
TL