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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 697894" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Yes, they still have access to drugs and alcohol in sober houses but they also know that they are being tested frequently which makes it easier to say no. The real test is when they are out on their own with no supervision. That has always been my daughter's downfall.</p><p></p><p>I believe that the request to see the dogs was another attempt at manipulation. My daughter would use it, too, but when we went to the time and expense of bringing them with us to see her, she would make a fuss over them for a couple of minutes and then ignore them the rest of the time.</p><p></p><p>As far as shingles, they don't have to be painful. I had them a couple of years ago and went to the doctor almost immediately to get on an antiviral. I had a rash across the left side of my back but it was not painful. Maybe getting the antiviral so fast kept me from having a severe case. I do know another teacher at my school who got such a bad case she had to stop teaching and still has problems several years later.</p><p></p><p>RN, the holidays are always a hard time for families of addicts. It is often a time when they spiral down and drag the rest of us with them. My younger daughter said the best Christmas that we had after our older daughter started using drugs was when her sister was in an out-of-state rehab center. So it does affect the rest of the family, too.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 697894, member: 1967"] Yes, they still have access to drugs and alcohol in sober houses but they also know that they are being tested frequently which makes it easier to say no. The real test is when they are out on their own with no supervision. That has always been my daughter's downfall. I believe that the request to see the dogs was another attempt at manipulation. My daughter would use it, too, but when we went to the time and expense of bringing them with us to see her, she would make a fuss over them for a couple of minutes and then ignore them the rest of the time. As far as shingles, they don't have to be painful. I had them a couple of years ago and went to the doctor almost immediately to get on an antiviral. I had a rash across the left side of my back but it was not painful. Maybe getting the antiviral so fast kept me from having a severe case. I do know another teacher at my school who got such a bad case she had to stop teaching and still has problems several years later. RN, the holidays are always a hard time for families of addicts. It is often a time when they spiral down and drag the rest of us with them. My younger daughter said the best Christmas that we had after our older daughter started using drugs was when her sister was in an out-of-state rehab center. So it does affect the rest of the family, too. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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