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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 656520" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Reading your signature it doesn't like bringing him back home is very promising. You have kicked him out and brought him back four times. What makes you think a fifth time will be any different. Please don't think I am being harsh because that is not my intent. It's just that I have heard all the promises myself and they were empty. I can understand him wanting to move on with his life but using heroin for 3 years and only been in rehab for 2 1/2 months. I would think long and hard about bringing him back with you. Putting yourself as his monitor is not a good idea. I remember our rehab counselor telling us that when they come home we should make sure our expectations are very clear and that they were in charge of their recovery, we were not. If he did come home I would make it clear that it was a temporary situation, say 6 months, until he got a job and could support himself. Any slip up and he must leave your home. </p><p></p><p>I am not convinced he has changed in that short a time but I also understand you wanting to believe him and help him move on. I am jaded I suppose, I don;t believe a lot of what an addict tells me, they have to show me by their actions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 656520, member: 59"] Reading your signature it doesn't like bringing him back home is very promising. You have kicked him out and brought him back four times. What makes you think a fifth time will be any different. Please don't think I am being harsh because that is not my intent. It's just that I have heard all the promises myself and they were empty. I can understand him wanting to move on with his life but using heroin for 3 years and only been in rehab for 2 1/2 months. I would think long and hard about bringing him back with you. Putting yourself as his monitor is not a good idea. I remember our rehab counselor telling us that when they come home we should make sure our expectations are very clear and that they were in charge of their recovery, we were not. If he did come home I would make it clear that it was a temporary situation, say 6 months, until he got a job and could support himself. Any slip up and he must leave your home. I am not convinced he has changed in that short a time but I also understand you wanting to believe him and help him move on. I am jaded I suppose, I don;t believe a lot of what an addict tells me, they have to show me by their actions. [/QUOTE]
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