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<blockquote data-quote="2confused" data-source="post: 518539" data-attributes="member: 13893"><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Update to my initial post .. My son was arrested for marijuana possession just days before his court appearance in the Family Court, which just really justified the intervention program we had planned (mandatory drug testing, mandatory curfew, weekly court appearances and mandatory counseling). The court agreed to enter him into the mandatory intervention program to cover all charges. The program is quite extensive and lengthy (6-9 months). My son was FURIOUS, but finally realized the game was over for him. He broke down and asked for more help. We entered him in a local adolescent facility for extensive inpatient counseling, and he stayed for a week. It helped clear his mind, and put him on a much firmer ground to begin the program. Without the interference from cell phone, computer, peers, television, etc., hes made some heavy decisions to change his behavior, and is now embracing the intervention program, saying that he understands that we are trying to help him. Hes been really trying to make positive changes, and his attitude has turned around completely. Our lines of communication have been re-established in a way I would not have thought possible a month ago. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">We dont wear rose-colored glasses, so we know that this is not the end of his problems, but the beginning of a new chance to succeed. We are praying he can stay strong and keep the new promises hes made to himself, and not get pulled back into an inappropriate peer group. For now, he knows that we love him and are supporting him, and that in itself, is a blessing for us. For the moment, we are hopeful.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2confused, post: 518539, member: 13893"] [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]Update to my initial post .. My son was arrested for marijuana possession just days before his court appearance in the Family Court, which just really justified the intervention program we had planned (mandatory drug testing, mandatory curfew, weekly court appearances and mandatory counseling). The court agreed to enter him into the mandatory intervention program to cover all charges. The program is quite extensive and lengthy (6-9 months). My son was FURIOUS, but finally realized the game was over for him. He broke down and asked for more help. We entered him in a local adolescent facility for extensive inpatient counseling, and he stayed for a week. It helped clear his mind, and put him on a much firmer ground to begin the program. Without the interference from cell phone, computer, peers, television, etc., hes made some heavy decisions to change his behavior, and is now embracing the intervention program, saying that he understands that we are trying to help him. Hes been really trying to make positive changes, and his attitude has turned around completely. Our lines of communication have been re-established in a way I would not have thought possible a month ago. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]We dont wear rose-colored glasses, so we know that this is not the end of his problems, but the beginning of a new chance to succeed. We are praying he can stay strong and keep the new promises hes made to himself, and not get pulled back into an inappropriate peer group. For now, he knows that we love him and are supporting him, and that in itself, is a blessing for us. For the moment, we are hopeful.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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