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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 584402" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>Zardo... I so feel for you and what you are going through is so familiar to me! When my difficult child was 15 he was into drugs and was out of control. We sent him to a wilderness program and then an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for a year.... I think he was very angry about that for awhile. A part of me wonders if that was the right thing to do for him and I dont have an answer given all of what has happened since. What I absolutely do know is that it was the right thing to do for his younger sister. She blossomed while he was gone and she developed a much closer relationship to us while he was gone. She absolutely needed the time at home without all the chaos and focus on her troubled brother. I notice you also have a younger child and so I think it is also important to think about what is important for them right now. My daughter is most definitely a easy child now at almost 18 and will be going to college in the fall. I dont know where she would be if she had spent all of her teen years with difficult child at home and all the chaos that would create and our focus on him.</p><p></p><p>We did have hime come home after the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and things were ok for about a year and then all went downhill after that. We ended up kicking him out when he was 18 and my daughter was part of the reason we did that... again it was not good for her to live in the chaos that is created with a drug abusing teen.</p><p></p><p>So yes I agree his coming home is not going to be good for any of you.... see what your options are and maybe once you know what they are your husband will rethink about funding some of it.</p><p></p><p>This is a long and difficult journey we are all on. My difficult child is now 21 and once again living in a sober house... for today he seems to be doing ok.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 584402, member: 15801"] Zardo... I so feel for you and what you are going through is so familiar to me! When my difficult child was 15 he was into drugs and was out of control. We sent him to a wilderness program and then an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for a year.... I think he was very angry about that for awhile. A part of me wonders if that was the right thing to do for him and I dont have an answer given all of what has happened since. What I absolutely do know is that it was the right thing to do for his younger sister. She blossomed while he was gone and she developed a much closer relationship to us while he was gone. She absolutely needed the time at home without all the chaos and focus on her troubled brother. I notice you also have a younger child and so I think it is also important to think about what is important for them right now. My daughter is most definitely a easy child now at almost 18 and will be going to college in the fall. I dont know where she would be if she had spent all of her teen years with difficult child at home and all the chaos that would create and our focus on him. We did have hime come home after the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and things were ok for about a year and then all went downhill after that. We ended up kicking him out when he was 18 and my daughter was part of the reason we did that... again it was not good for her to live in the chaos that is created with a drug abusing teen. So yes I agree his coming home is not going to be good for any of you.... see what your options are and maybe once you know what they are your husband will rethink about funding some of it. This is a long and difficult journey we are all on. My difficult child is now 21 and once again living in a sober house... for today he seems to be doing ok. TL [/QUOTE]
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