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<blockquote data-quote="pinevalley" data-source="post: 526046" data-attributes="member: 3710"><p>Mia: Welcome to this community. You will find a wonderful group here who will never judge you, and will offer you support and advice. </p><p></p><p>I'm sorry that you are going thru this nightmare of your son's drug abuse. I know how hard it is as a parent, and I really hope that your difficult child can find help for his problems. I would also encourage you to send your difficult child to the residential treatment center. Your difficult child is out of control now, and the only way that he can get the help that he needs is to get the daily intensive therapy that is offered at a residential treatment center. My 18 year old difficult child agreed to go to a rehab program, and this was the very best thing for all of us. He had counseling and all kinds of group therapy every day, and he learned a lot about what it takes to recover from an addiction. Unfortunately he was discharged after 30 days, and he relapsed almost immediately. Drug addiction is extremely hard to conquer, and many times it takes several different programs until the addict is serious about changing their life. My difficult child is in a drug treatment program in jail now, and even though he is in jail he is learning a lot about recovery in the counseling sessions, and this is what he needs right now. Your difficult child needs help, and I hope that you can make arrangements to get him in a program soon. </p><p></p><p>I am sending you good wishes for the journey ahead of you. Keep posting here...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pinevalley, post: 526046, member: 3710"] Mia: Welcome to this community. You will find a wonderful group here who will never judge you, and will offer you support and advice. I'm sorry that you are going thru this nightmare of your son's drug abuse. I know how hard it is as a parent, and I really hope that your difficult child can find help for his problems. I would also encourage you to send your difficult child to the residential treatment center. Your difficult child is out of control now, and the only way that he can get the help that he needs is to get the daily intensive therapy that is offered at a residential treatment center. My 18 year old difficult child agreed to go to a rehab program, and this was the very best thing for all of us. He had counseling and all kinds of group therapy every day, and he learned a lot about what it takes to recover from an addiction. Unfortunately he was discharged after 30 days, and he relapsed almost immediately. Drug addiction is extremely hard to conquer, and many times it takes several different programs until the addict is serious about changing their life. My difficult child is in a drug treatment program in jail now, and even though he is in jail he is learning a lot about recovery in the counseling sessions, and this is what he needs right now. Your difficult child needs help, and I hope that you can make arrangements to get him in a program soon. I am sending you good wishes for the journey ahead of you. Keep posting here... [/QUOTE]
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