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difficult child checked herself into the inpatient treatment center!
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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 464178" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>You said it Kathy, enjoy the drama free month. FWIW we felt the very same way about family day and were very hesitant to go. It was not at all like we thought and they do not get to blame you for anything. It was very very intense and emotional and I'm glad we did it. Actually it is a chance for the family to tell the addict how their disease has affected the family and for the addict to listen without talking and absorb what they so long denied. We left there completely drained.</p><p></p><p>When I listen to difficult child talk about her stay there now and how she claims it did not help her at all it makes me sad. We went through all that and she says for nothing? It did help us though because we were able to get out what we wanted to tell her for years. And I know she got it. Just because her first stay in rehab didn't stick does not mean she didn't benefit greatly from the initial process. Just like yours will. She will learn things and accept things for the first time, although she will resist. It takes a while before acceptance takes hold. And so while difficult child is still struggling she has accepted her addiction and real and understands sobriety is her only choice. Whether she accepts sobriety in her life for good is the real question..</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 464178, member: 59"] You said it Kathy, enjoy the drama free month. FWIW we felt the very same way about family day and were very hesitant to go. It was not at all like we thought and they do not get to blame you for anything. It was very very intense and emotional and I'm glad we did it. Actually it is a chance for the family to tell the addict how their disease has affected the family and for the addict to listen without talking and absorb what they so long denied. We left there completely drained. When I listen to difficult child talk about her stay there now and how she claims it did not help her at all it makes me sad. We went through all that and she says for nothing? It did help us though because we were able to get out what we wanted to tell her for years. And I know she got it. Just because her first stay in rehab didn't stick does not mean she didn't benefit greatly from the initial process. Just like yours will. She will learn things and accept things for the first time, although she will resist. It takes a while before acceptance takes hold. And so while difficult child is still struggling she has accepted her addiction and real and understands sobriety is her only choice. Whether she accepts sobriety in her life for good is the real question.. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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