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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 466652" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>We were in the visiting room where there are vending machines and couches and tables. There was another family there with a young adult daughter and a couple where the wife was the patient. Staff was walking around unobtrusively.</p><p></p><p>The staff does know that difficult child was upset last night and why. When difficult child stormed out to have a cigarette, we talked to a staffer (not sure what she was . . . difficult child said she was not a nurse) about it and she gave us a list of halfway houses that we could contact. She then talked to difficult child and came out front to get us. She said that difficult child was mad at her, too, since she told difficult child that she had given us a list of halfway houses. She didn't seem terribly upset about that. LOL</p><p></p><p>Another member of the staff saw that difficult child was crying and just walked over and set a tissue box down in front of her without saying anything. At the very end, difficult child picked up the list of halfway houses and refused to give it back to me when we went to leave. I went back to the original staffer and told her difficult child refused to give me the list so she got me another copy. As she walked us out, I told her that difficult child was still upset with us (not like she couldn't tell).</p><p></p><p>So they definitely know about the situation. I hope it gets brought up today. difficult child kept asking that we wait until the end of the program to decide about whether she can come home and leave it up in the air right now. I think she is better off knowing now so that she can work on a transition plan with the counselor. Is that wrong . . should we have said maybe even though we know in our hearts the answer is no?</p><p></p><p>by the way, I posted this in another thread but husband and I went to our first Al-anon meeting last night. It was part of the family education program that we are required to attend before we get to see difficult child each week. It was interesting but not what I thought. I thought there would be discussion and advice rather than just sharing stories. I will attend some more before I decide if I think it will be helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 466652, member: 1967"] We were in the visiting room where there are vending machines and couches and tables. There was another family there with a young adult daughter and a couple where the wife was the patient. Staff was walking around unobtrusively. The staff does know that difficult child was upset last night and why. When difficult child stormed out to have a cigarette, we talked to a staffer (not sure what she was . . . difficult child said she was not a nurse) about it and she gave us a list of halfway houses that we could contact. She then talked to difficult child and came out front to get us. She said that difficult child was mad at her, too, since she told difficult child that she had given us a list of halfway houses. She didn't seem terribly upset about that. LOL Another member of the staff saw that difficult child was crying and just walked over and set a tissue box down in front of her without saying anything. At the very end, difficult child picked up the list of halfway houses and refused to give it back to me when we went to leave. I went back to the original staffer and told her difficult child refused to give me the list so she got me another copy. As she walked us out, I told her that difficult child was still upset with us (not like she couldn't tell). So they definitely know about the situation. I hope it gets brought up today. difficult child kept asking that we wait until the end of the program to decide about whether she can come home and leave it up in the air right now. I think she is better off knowing now so that she can work on a transition plan with the counselor. Is that wrong . . should we have said maybe even though we know in our hearts the answer is no? by the way, I posted this in another thread but husband and I went to our first Al-anon meeting last night. It was part of the family education program that we are required to attend before we get to see difficult child each week. It was interesting but not what I thought. I thought there would be discussion and advice rather than just sharing stories. I will attend some more before I decide if I think it will be helpful. [/QUOTE]
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