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<blockquote data-quote="recovering doormat" data-source="post: 277702" data-attributes="member: 5941"><p>I am so happy for you that you got your stuff back. I have not been so lucky, but I also do not know who took my jewelry last fall, except that it was most likely someone my kids let into my home while I was not there. It took me a long time to even feel anger, I was so numb, but now I feel the sadness and violation. It has taught me to be smarter and stronger.</p><p> </p><p>I agree that that rehab doesn't work until the addict is ready to change. My son has told me that he wants to change his ways, wants a new crop of friends, but he doesn't seem to be able to pull himself out of his rut just yet. If he fails another drug test, he is going to inpatient rehab courtesy of the juvenile court and his probation officer. This is his nightmare but so far he hasn't shown enough backbone to straighten up and fly right; rather , he begged me to buy him a "flush" kit to clean out his system before his next test. </p><p> </p><p>Nope. He will only learn if he feels that natural consequences of his actions. There was a time when I felt sorry for him, and I still do think of him as my baby, but no one in our family wants to live this dysfunctional life anymore.</p><p> </p><p>Glad you have found a program to help him. Now you have to set the rules to make it more difficult for him to get with his old smoking/drugging buddies. That, to me, is the hard part.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recovering doormat, post: 277702, member: 5941"] I am so happy for you that you got your stuff back. I have not been so lucky, but I also do not know who took my jewelry last fall, except that it was most likely someone my kids let into my home while I was not there. It took me a long time to even feel anger, I was so numb, but now I feel the sadness and violation. It has taught me to be smarter and stronger. I agree that that rehab doesn't work until the addict is ready to change. My son has told me that he wants to change his ways, wants a new crop of friends, but he doesn't seem to be able to pull himself out of his rut just yet. If he fails another drug test, he is going to inpatient rehab courtesy of the juvenile court and his probation officer. This is his nightmare but so far he hasn't shown enough backbone to straighten up and fly right; rather , he begged me to buy him a "flush" kit to clean out his system before his next test. Nope. He will only learn if he feels that natural consequences of his actions. There was a time when I felt sorry for him, and I still do think of him as my baby, but no one in our family wants to live this dysfunctional life anymore. Glad you have found a program to help him. Now you have to set the rules to make it more difficult for him to get with his old smoking/drugging buddies. That, to me, is the hard part. [/QUOTE]
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