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18 year old difficult child, homeless for 5 days and then arrested, it's a nightmare
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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 485975" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Hello Pinevalley,</p><p>I know how aweful you feel right now. Our daughter has had 2 residential treatment stays for a total of just over 2 years. She is 17-just passed her GED (she refused school). She still goes to friends without permission and sometimes stays over night in God knows where, smokes pot off and on-has had no job since out of last treatment center so has to get it other ways (which is a worry for us). She just got a job today but they are doing a background check-don't think they can see her juvenile record. We pray they dont drug test-pot stays in the system 28 days! We'll see how that goes.</p><p> </p><p>Unless they want it-nothing helps because it is hard even when they want it! Playing the game doesn't work very well in longer term treatment places-they just kick 'em out or call them on their ****. Trouble is, once they get out, if the desire hasn't settled in-they relapse. It's a process and you have to try. Relapse is most often a part of the deal. We don't regret any of our decisions to help her. We hope that one day when the brain is fully working, what she learned will start to kick in. We hope that she will not use harder drugs-she really seems to have steered away from that, but who knows.</p><p></p><p>One day at a time-do what will make you feel good and yes I agree with the others. Ask that rehab is court ordered even if he goes in tomorrow before court. Don't let him home while he's using. The five days was great (good for you doing that), but he may not have hit rock bottom. School is important, but just how far he will make it right now is questionable. Find the right rehab and hang in there. Hugs!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 485975, member: 11001"] Hello Pinevalley, I know how aweful you feel right now. Our daughter has had 2 residential treatment stays for a total of just over 2 years. She is 17-just passed her GED (she refused school). She still goes to friends without permission and sometimes stays over night in God knows where, smokes pot off and on-has had no job since out of last treatment center so has to get it other ways (which is a worry for us). She just got a job today but they are doing a background check-don't think they can see her juvenile record. We pray they dont drug test-pot stays in the system 28 days! We'll see how that goes. Unless they want it-nothing helps because it is hard even when they want it! Playing the game doesn't work very well in longer term treatment places-they just kick 'em out or call them on their ****. Trouble is, once they get out, if the desire hasn't settled in-they relapse. It's a process and you have to try. Relapse is most often a part of the deal. We don't regret any of our decisions to help her. We hope that one day when the brain is fully working, what she learned will start to kick in. We hope that she will not use harder drugs-she really seems to have steered away from that, but who knows. One day at a time-do what will make you feel good and yes I agree with the others. Ask that rehab is court ordered even if he goes in tomorrow before court. Don't let him home while he's using. The five days was great (good for you doing that), but he may not have hit rock bottom. School is important, but just how far he will make it right now is questionable. Find the right rehab and hang in there. Hugs! [/QUOTE]
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