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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 606025" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Princess, I would do everything and anything I could to get your son into the 30-day residential treatment program while he is covered by insurance. It can't hurt and it might help. As far as his "wanting" to go, if you removed the roof over his head and all financial support, he might quickly come to the realization that he wants to go. </p><p></p><p>As long as your difficult child is living in your home and you are providing financial support and he is using drugs, you are unintentionally funding his drug use. That was hard for me to hear when my therapist said it but she was right. By providing my difficult child a roof over her head and food, she was able to use her money from her part-time job for the drugs and alcohol. She didn't want treatment, either. She just wanted everything to stay the same.</p><p></p><p>It was only after we got the interventionist involved who helped us get the court order for difficult child to have to leave our house that she agreed to go into treatment. Was that forcing her to go? I guess she could have gotten in her car and gone to stay with drug using friends. So I guess it was her choice. I do know that it ultimately saved her life.</p><p></p><p>I wish we had acted when our difficult child was your son's age. We kept thinking she would grow up someday and this would all go away. I feel so stupid now for not realizing that addiction was a progressive disease. We waited until after our difficult child was past the age where she was covered by our insurance and we ended up footing the entire bill for her residential and after care.</p><p></p><p>So I would do it now if I was you when he is still covered by insurance. Be prepared, though, that the road to recovery usually is not smooth. I have been told that the average person in recovery relapses five to seven times before they finally stay sober. </p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 606025, member: 1967"] Princess, I would do everything and anything I could to get your son into the 30-day residential treatment program while he is covered by insurance. It can't hurt and it might help. As far as his "wanting" to go, if you removed the roof over his head and all financial support, he might quickly come to the realization that he wants to go. As long as your difficult child is living in your home and you are providing financial support and he is using drugs, you are unintentionally funding his drug use. That was hard for me to hear when my therapist said it but she was right. By providing my difficult child a roof over her head and food, she was able to use her money from her part-time job for the drugs and alcohol. She didn't want treatment, either. She just wanted everything to stay the same. It was only after we got the interventionist involved who helped us get the court order for difficult child to have to leave our house that she agreed to go into treatment. Was that forcing her to go? I guess she could have gotten in her car and gone to stay with drug using friends. So I guess it was her choice. I do know that it ultimately saved her life. I wish we had acted when our difficult child was your son's age. We kept thinking she would grow up someday and this would all go away. I feel so stupid now for not realizing that addiction was a progressive disease. We waited until after our difficult child was past the age where she was covered by our insurance and we ended up footing the entire bill for her residential and after care. So I would do it now if I was you when he is still covered by insurance. Be prepared, though, that the road to recovery usually is not smooth. I have been told that the average person in recovery relapses five to seven times before they finally stay sober. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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