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<blockquote data-quote="pinevalley" data-source="post: 486521" data-attributes="member: 3710"><p>Dr. Pepper: It sounds like you are being realistic about your son and his problems. How long will your difficult child be able to stay in the hospital? Do you think that he is ready to get help for his substance abuse? I am in a similiar situation right now with my difficult child, but he doesn't really want to stop using drugs. He told me that he will "slow down" his drug use, but he sees no reason to stop completely. Our difficult child is 18 and the drugs are basically ruining his life right now: failing in school, he got arrested last week and spent the night in jail, has lost all his good friends and now only hangs around with loser teens who get high all the time. Our difficult child is another one of those who wouldn't last a day on the streets, so my husband and I told him that he had to agree to rehab or he could not live in our house. He told me (basically screamed) that no one was going to put him in a hospital, and he would rather live on the streets. He left our house and only 5 days later he was arrested for snatching a woman's purse to get money. Now he has finally agreed to rehab because of the threat of jail, but he still wants to get high every day. Can you ask your son's therapist to recommend a Residential Treatment Center (RTC)? This will give your difficult child the help that he needs and also give your family some peace and quiet from all his problems for a short time. Good luck with the Residential Treatment Center (RTC), and let us know how it is going.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pinevalley, post: 486521, member: 3710"] Dr. Pepper: It sounds like you are being realistic about your son and his problems. How long will your difficult child be able to stay in the hospital? Do you think that he is ready to get help for his substance abuse? I am in a similiar situation right now with my difficult child, but he doesn't really want to stop using drugs. He told me that he will "slow down" his drug use, but he sees no reason to stop completely. Our difficult child is 18 and the drugs are basically ruining his life right now: failing in school, he got arrested last week and spent the night in jail, has lost all his good friends and now only hangs around with loser teens who get high all the time. Our difficult child is another one of those who wouldn't last a day on the streets, so my husband and I told him that he had to agree to rehab or he could not live in our house. He told me (basically screamed) that no one was going to put him in a hospital, and he would rather live on the streets. He left our house and only 5 days later he was arrested for snatching a woman's purse to get money. Now he has finally agreed to rehab because of the threat of jail, but he still wants to get high every day. Can you ask your son's therapist to recommend a Residential Treatment Center (RTC)? This will give your difficult child the help that he needs and also give your family some peace and quiet from all his problems for a short time. Good luck with the Residential Treatment Center (RTC), and let us know how it is going. [/QUOTE]
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