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<blockquote data-quote="mcb1964" data-source="post: 699389" data-attributes="member: 20787"><p>Hi. I just want to offer some encouragement. </p><p></p><p>My brother spent his 40th birthday in prison on drug charges. No hope for him, or so we thought after a lifetime of him giving my parents problems and just being a general drug addict screw up. </p><p></p><p>When he was released, he was released to a halfway house and had to follow through with the rest of his rehab and NA meetings. In those meetings, he met a woman who had been clean for just a bit longer than him. They've been clean ever since. He went on after his release at 43 to get his bachelor's degree and is now 56 and has 14 years clean. </p><p></p><p>Collectively as a family we never thought it would happen, but he's responsible, has a house of his own, has stepped up to be a good grandfather and is trying to make up for lost time and amends with his daughter for missing a good part of her childhood. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes the light switch just comes on and prison the catalyst for that as it was for my brother. Hold out hope while still remaining skeptical until you see appropriate changes. He's responsible for making the changes and I hope he finds the support network to make that possible for himself like my brother did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcb1964, post: 699389, member: 20787"] Hi. I just want to offer some encouragement. My brother spent his 40th birthday in prison on drug charges. No hope for him, or so we thought after a lifetime of him giving my parents problems and just being a general drug addict screw up. When he was released, he was released to a halfway house and had to follow through with the rest of his rehab and NA meetings. In those meetings, he met a woman who had been clean for just a bit longer than him. They've been clean ever since. He went on after his release at 43 to get his bachelor's degree and is now 56 and has 14 years clean. Collectively as a family we never thought it would happen, but he's responsible, has a house of his own, has stepped up to be a good grandfather and is trying to make up for lost time and amends with his daughter for missing a good part of her childhood. Sometimes the light switch just comes on and prison the catalyst for that as it was for my brother. Hold out hope while still remaining skeptical until you see appropriate changes. He's responsible for making the changes and I hope he finds the support network to make that possible for himself like my brother did. [/QUOTE]
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