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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 613996" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Hello and welcome. I agree with Nancy. Three weeks of rehab is not even enough time for the drugs to clear from his system. He is nowhere near ready to live clean and sober. </p><p></p><p>My difficult child's first stay in rehab was a month and she came out and immediately starting drinking again (she told us this over a year later after a three month stay in a residential treatment center). We would not let her come back home so she found a so-called halfway house (through other substance abusers that she met in rehab) which turned out to be nothing but a flop house where she was introduced to heroin. We made a big mistake in letting her pick the sober house!</p><p></p><p>Is your son covered by insurance? If so, there are many reputable treatment centers that would keep him longer than three weeks. The minimum stay at the one we sent out daughter to was 3 months and then she went to a halfway house for six months after that.</p><p></p><p>I would tell your son that he cannot come home and that you will only help him if he is in rehab or a sober house of YOUR choosing. Then get on the phone and start talking to counselors and rehab centers to find out which sober houses they recommend. After you start hearing certain names over and over, you will know that those are the sober houses with good reputations.</p><p></p><p>You have to be strong and not let him back in your home. He may be lying about the drug cartel but he is also stealing from you and using anger to intimidate you. He does not deserve to live in your home.</p><p></p><p>Keep posting. You will find great support and advice from those of us that have lived the nightmare that you are going through. We understand.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 613996, member: 1967"] Hello and welcome. I agree with Nancy. Three weeks of rehab is not even enough time for the drugs to clear from his system. He is nowhere near ready to live clean and sober. My difficult child's first stay in rehab was a month and she came out and immediately starting drinking again (she told us this over a year later after a three month stay in a residential treatment center). We would not let her come back home so she found a so-called halfway house (through other substance abusers that she met in rehab) which turned out to be nothing but a flop house where she was introduced to heroin. We made a big mistake in letting her pick the sober house! Is your son covered by insurance? If so, there are many reputable treatment centers that would keep him longer than three weeks. The minimum stay at the one we sent out daughter to was 3 months and then she went to a halfway house for six months after that. I would tell your son that he cannot come home and that you will only help him if he is in rehab or a sober house of YOUR choosing. Then get on the phone and start talking to counselors and rehab centers to find out which sober houses they recommend. After you start hearing certain names over and over, you will know that those are the sober houses with good reputations. You have to be strong and not let him back in your home. He may be lying about the drug cartel but he is also stealing from you and using anger to intimidate you. He does not deserve to live in your home. Keep posting. You will find great support and advice from those of us that have lived the nightmare that you are going through. We understand. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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