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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 716386" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>RN, I have mixed feelings about moving him closer to home. It actually worked in my daughter's case. She was doing the south Florida shuffle and getting nowhere. She finally precipitated the move herself by buying herself a plane ticket and showing up at our house when we were at school. My husband got a text that she was "back" and he went home and found her lying in her bed in her old room. She had gotten in through an unlocked basement door.</p><p></p><p>We made it clear that she could not stay in our home and she found a halfway house to go to but quickly got kicked out for using suboxone. We let her come back to our house with the understanding she could stay until she could find a residential treatment center but could not be in our house alone. My husband would drop her off at a McDonalds at 6:00 a.m. across from the mall each morning and she would wander around each day until I picked her up after school. She hated it but it made her realize we were serious and didn't trust her home alone. It motivated her to find somewhere to go.</p><p></p><p>She found a residential treatment center about an hour away from our house and we took her there. From there, she went to the wonderful sober living/IOP program that I mentioned in an earlier post.</p><p></p><p>Being closer to us made it possible for us to rebuild the family relationships but it only worked because she was serious about recovery. However, it could also have been disastrous if she wasn't sober and kept showing up on our doorstep. That is why I have mixed feelings about your son moving closer to home.</p><p></p><p>My daughter has told me that she wouldn't have gotten sober if she had stayed in Florida. The downside of being in an area with many recovery resources is that there are also a lot of lapsed drug addicts and drugs are readily available. Of course, drugs are readily available anywhere if you want them.</p><p></p><p>I would definitely make it a condition that he has to be showing progress in rehab before you would even consider it.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 716386, member: 1967"] RN, I have mixed feelings about moving him closer to home. It actually worked in my daughter's case. She was doing the south Florida shuffle and getting nowhere. She finally precipitated the move herself by buying herself a plane ticket and showing up at our house when we were at school. My husband got a text that she was "back" and he went home and found her lying in her bed in her old room. She had gotten in through an unlocked basement door. We made it clear that she could not stay in our home and she found a halfway house to go to but quickly got kicked out for using suboxone. We let her come back to our house with the understanding she could stay until she could find a residential treatment center but could not be in our house alone. My husband would drop her off at a McDonalds at 6:00 a.m. across from the mall each morning and she would wander around each day until I picked her up after school. She hated it but it made her realize we were serious and didn't trust her home alone. It motivated her to find somewhere to go. She found a residential treatment center about an hour away from our house and we took her there. From there, she went to the wonderful sober living/IOP program that I mentioned in an earlier post. Being closer to us made it possible for us to rebuild the family relationships but it only worked because she was serious about recovery. However, it could also have been disastrous if she wasn't sober and kept showing up on our doorstep. That is why I have mixed feelings about your son moving closer to home. My daughter has told me that she wouldn't have gotten sober if she had stayed in Florida. The downside of being in an area with many recovery resources is that there are also a lot of lapsed drug addicts and drugs are readily available. Of course, drugs are readily available anywhere if you want them. I would definitely make it a condition that he has to be showing progress in rehab before you would even consider it. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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