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<blockquote data-quote="enzo" data-source="post: 522238" data-attributes="member: 13268"><p>Like many stories up here, our difficult child discovered pot as a self medicating way to feel good, and it quickly got out of control. We forced him into a 28 day dbt program (it was that or "wilderness"..) and he just started a "character intensive" boarding school (his other choice was, you guessed it, "wilderness").</p><p></p><p>He learned some good skills in DBT, how to deal with frustration, accepting reality, and we've seen him using the skills. He's homesick at boarding school, its physically not a very nice facility (dark and dank dorms) even though the program gets excellent reviews. Its tough for him, he misses his family, his dog, and being home...but we just know he'd be back to smoking right away and all of our hard work in the last few months would be shot...</p><p></p><p>His "test" will be this coming summer at home. We are going to require him to take drug tests, attend regular counseling, and AA of some sort. WE know from this board that ODD+Pot = disaster. And that trying to "fix" it at age 16 is a lot easier than at 18..</p><p></p><p>Any advice from those who've taken a similar journey (or anecdotally) and had it work?</p><p></p><p>thanks and best to all,</p><p></p><p>Enzo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="enzo, post: 522238, member: 13268"] Like many stories up here, our difficult child discovered pot as a self medicating way to feel good, and it quickly got out of control. We forced him into a 28 day dbt program (it was that or "wilderness"..) and he just started a "character intensive" boarding school (his other choice was, you guessed it, "wilderness"). He learned some good skills in DBT, how to deal with frustration, accepting reality, and we've seen him using the skills. He's homesick at boarding school, its physically not a very nice facility (dark and dank dorms) even though the program gets excellent reviews. Its tough for him, he misses his family, his dog, and being home...but we just know he'd be back to smoking right away and all of our hard work in the last few months would be shot... His "test" will be this coming summer at home. We are going to require him to take drug tests, attend regular counseling, and AA of some sort. WE know from this board that ODD+Pot = disaster. And that trying to "fix" it at age 16 is a lot easier than at 18.. Any advice from those who've taken a similar journey (or anecdotally) and had it work? thanks and best to all, Enzo [/QUOTE]
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