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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 633263" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Actually, vomiting can be a sign of <u>current</u> opiate abuse (which include heroin). My difficult child often threw up and the interventionist we used told us that a side effect of opiate use is vomiting.</p><p></p><p>As far as rehabs, my husband and I spent over $80,000 sending our daughter to a 3-month program in another state. It was highly recommended by many experts in the addiction field. Our daughter did relapse after completing the program successfully.</p><p></p><p>However, I do not consider it as having thrown the money down the drain. I believe that she learned a lot in the program and that relapses are part of recovery. I have been told that it takes an average of 7 relapses before continued sobriety.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child is back in a treatment program and is currently doing well. She has relapsed twice since she has been there but luckily this program recognizes that it is part of the process and has allowed her to stay. The last time we saw her, she told me that people that get sober for good have usually had multiple rehab stays. I told her that she was on number 3 and that I thought it was high time that she stays sober. She laughed and said she was working on it.</p><p></p><p>People often say that you have to let them hit bottom but I have also heard experts say that you can bring the bottom up to them. We refused to let our difficult child stay here and told her that we would cut off all financial support if she didn't go to rehab. Even now, we only help her on the condition that she is in treatment.</p><p></p><p>For the sake of argument, here is an expert with a different point of view from those that say the addict has to "want help" in order to be helped.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is the link in case you want to read more:</p><p><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/interviews/leshner.html" target="_blank">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/interviews/leshner.html</a></p><p></p><p>Dr. Leshner is the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).</p><p></p><p>I have no doubt in my heart that if we had not intervened after our difficult child's heroin overdose and forced her into rehab, she would not be alive today.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p><p></p><p>P.S. Don't worry about the typo in the title of the thread. I fixed it for you. It is sad how much we get to learn about drugs when we have a loved one with substance abuse issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 633263, member: 1967"] Actually, vomiting can be a sign of [U]current[/U] opiate abuse (which include heroin). My difficult child often threw up and the interventionist we used told us that a side effect of opiate use is vomiting. As far as rehabs, my husband and I spent over $80,000 sending our daughter to a 3-month program in another state. It was highly recommended by many experts in the addiction field. Our daughter did relapse after completing the program successfully. However, I do not consider it as having thrown the money down the drain. I believe that she learned a lot in the program and that relapses are part of recovery. I have been told that it takes an average of 7 relapses before continued sobriety. My difficult child is back in a treatment program and is currently doing well. She has relapsed twice since she has been there but luckily this program recognizes that it is part of the process and has allowed her to stay. The last time we saw her, she told me that people that get sober for good have usually had multiple rehab stays. I told her that she was on number 3 and that I thought it was high time that she stays sober. She laughed and said she was working on it. People often say that you have to let them hit bottom but I have also heard experts say that you can bring the bottom up to them. We refused to let our difficult child stay here and told her that we would cut off all financial support if she didn't go to rehab. Even now, we only help her on the condition that she is in treatment. For the sake of argument, here is an expert with a different point of view from those that say the addict has to "want help" in order to be helped. Here is the link in case you want to read more: [url]http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/interviews/leshner.html[/url] Dr. Leshner is the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). I have no doubt in my heart that if we had not intervened after our difficult child's heroin overdose and forced her into rehab, she would not be alive today. ~Kathy P.S. Don't worry about the typo in the title of the thread. I fixed it for you. It is sad how much we get to learn about drugs when we have a loved one with substance abuse issues. [/QUOTE]
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