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<blockquote data-quote="comatheart" data-source="post: 614758" data-attributes="member: 16859"><p>Okay let me try this again...We have a very similar situation. My son turns 18 very soon. He has been inpatient for nearly 90 days and getting released today. </p><p></p><p>We struggled with after care as well. Several professional's warned not to bring him home. There is a VERY high relapse rate if they return to their previous environment. (I've heard 90% but I'm sure there are a lot of aspects that go into it) I was absolutely torn by that! Yet I was/am weary of sending him to Sober Living straight from treatment because he's still in school. I really don't think he'd finish school if we did. </p><p></p><p> Instead we are sending him to a Recovery School. We are lucky to have one near us (there are less than 30 in the US) and it just seems the perfect step down from residential treatment. In this particular program they are there morning till night doing not only school but, AA mtgs, individual and group counseling,drug testing, exercise, and various social activities where they learn to have fun without using. They come home to their families at night. I'd look for something like this in your area. In my sons home contract we DID put if he didn't participate with the recovery school he would need to find a Sober Living house as a consequence. I don't want to have to enforce that consequence, but I will!! If he's not actively participating in his recovery, we can't have him living around my other children badly influencing them. </p><p></p><p>Also, someone recently told me that they can always go back and finish school. If they are suffering from addiction, its a deadly disease that should really take precadence over school. Wow- puts things in perspective right?! It did for me anyway. In your position if there is no Recovery School option near you I'd think seriously against bringing him home based on his history of relapse alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="comatheart, post: 614758, member: 16859"] Okay let me try this again...We have a very similar situation. My son turns 18 very soon. He has been inpatient for nearly 90 days and getting released today. We struggled with after care as well. Several professional's warned not to bring him home. There is a VERY high relapse rate if they return to their previous environment. (I've heard 90% but I'm sure there are a lot of aspects that go into it) I was absolutely torn by that! Yet I was/am weary of sending him to Sober Living straight from treatment because he's still in school. I really don't think he'd finish school if we did. Instead we are sending him to a Recovery School. We are lucky to have one near us (there are less than 30 in the US) and it just seems the perfect step down from residential treatment. In this particular program they are there morning till night doing not only school but, AA mtgs, individual and group counseling,drug testing, exercise, and various social activities where they learn to have fun without using. They come home to their families at night. I'd look for something like this in your area. In my sons home contract we DID put if he didn't participate with the recovery school he would need to find a Sober Living house as a consequence. I don't want to have to enforce that consequence, but I will!! If he's not actively participating in his recovery, we can't have him living around my other children badly influencing them. Also, someone recently told me that they can always go back and finish school. If they are suffering from addiction, its a deadly disease that should really take precadence over school. Wow- puts things in perspective right?! It did for me anyway. In your position if there is no Recovery School option near you I'd think seriously against bringing him home based on his history of relapse alone. [/QUOTE]
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