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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 417798" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>PG I agree with HWGA. They do require detox first but that is usually easy to accomplish. For difficult child she just stopped herself and fortunately was not on any hard drugs where medical intervention was needed. It was mostly alcohol and pot and she did have some symptoms with the alcohol withdrawal like night sweats and body aches and chills, but she was detoxed before she went in. There are detox centers who will take insurance but my experience with those is that they just keep you there until your blood/urine tests are clean and physical withdrawal symtoms can last much longer.</p><p></p><p>She did have to go through an interview and be accepted, she had to display a willingness to want to change and a commitment to stay at least the six months and longer if they felt necessary. She had to agree to follow the rules and curfew and get a job after three months. We have to pay $400 a month but that is nothing compared to what we had paid for rehab. I think we were very very lucky. This sober house is connected to a catholic church in the inner city. This particular church is well know for community service and the residents of the sober house do a lot of their volunteer work through this church. It is very well run and the interview process seems to have worked well in that most of the residents really do want to change. There are, of course, some who don't and they usually leave on their won. difficult child told me that two young girls left the other day and didn;t tell anyone, just walked out the front door. These girls were on heroin and the drug had too much of a hold on them, they couldn't make it in a less restrictive environment.</p><p></p><p>You can start looking into sober living arrangements in your area for her. Even if she isn;t ready now, she may be at some later time and it helps to have some resources. My difficult child called this home three times in the past six months and never followed through. She had to wait until she hit bottom enough. I hope for your difficult child's sake and yours that she gets to that point soon and reaches out for help. You know how despondant I was, I never thought my difficult child would take that step.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 417798, member: 59"] PG I agree with HWGA. They do require detox first but that is usually easy to accomplish. For difficult child she just stopped herself and fortunately was not on any hard drugs where medical intervention was needed. It was mostly alcohol and pot and she did have some symptoms with the alcohol withdrawal like night sweats and body aches and chills, but she was detoxed before she went in. There are detox centers who will take insurance but my experience with those is that they just keep you there until your blood/urine tests are clean and physical withdrawal symtoms can last much longer. She did have to go through an interview and be accepted, she had to display a willingness to want to change and a commitment to stay at least the six months and longer if they felt necessary. She had to agree to follow the rules and curfew and get a job after three months. We have to pay $400 a month but that is nothing compared to what we had paid for rehab. I think we were very very lucky. This sober house is connected to a catholic church in the inner city. This particular church is well know for community service and the residents of the sober house do a lot of their volunteer work through this church. It is very well run and the interview process seems to have worked well in that most of the residents really do want to change. There are, of course, some who don't and they usually leave on their won. difficult child told me that two young girls left the other day and didn;t tell anyone, just walked out the front door. These girls were on heroin and the drug had too much of a hold on them, they couldn't make it in a less restrictive environment. You can start looking into sober living arrangements in your area for her. Even if she isn;t ready now, she may be at some later time and it helps to have some resources. My difficult child called this home three times in the past six months and never followed through. She had to wait until she hit bottom enough. I hope for your difficult child's sake and yours that she gets to that point soon and reaches out for help. You know how despondant I was, I never thought my difficult child would take that step. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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