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<blockquote data-quote="Tiredof33" data-source="post: 504929" data-attributes="member: 13558"><p>I feel your pain as I don't know what's going on with my homeless difficult child. I have nothing to add, the ladies have said it so well. But one thing I can tell you, my difficult child was in a residental program and so many tested positive that the administrators decided there was a problem with the tests and let it slide. They were almost at the end of the 9 month program. Years later difficult child told me that almost all of them WERE using, they were not being monitored as closely since they were so close to leaving.</p><p>This program was court ordered (for all of them) and I think any program helps some, but as soon as my difficult child was released he returned to his old habits immediately. He sounded like he had been drinking when he called me to tell me he was out. We can not make them change, it is completelky up to them, and like so many others, my difficult child starts to think he can handle recreational use and he back slides.</p><p>It is very scary and they seem to think they are invincible. </p><p>One of my saddest memories was a family event at one of the rehab centers. The place was on a lake, gorgous, peaceful setting. The guys had caught the fish and cooked all of the food themselves. Several of the men said they had invited their families but they didn't show up.</p><p>It is so very hard to explain to them that you just get tired of the ups and downs, that we are people too and we deserve a life. My life has revolved around how well difficult child is doing for so long I can't remember when it did not!</p><p>THEY LIE, and in addition to all of his lies he was very involved with the church program in the rehab center, all of the counselors thought he would 'make it' that time.</p><p> Last August after a nasty fight with girlie I told him to stay strong, don't go back to his old ways. He told me then that he would never go back to 'neverland' again. In part that was true, 'cause he was already back there!!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiredof33, post: 504929, member: 13558"] I feel your pain as I don't know what's going on with my homeless difficult child. I have nothing to add, the ladies have said it so well. But one thing I can tell you, my difficult child was in a residental program and so many tested positive that the administrators decided there was a problem with the tests and let it slide. They were almost at the end of the 9 month program. Years later difficult child told me that almost all of them WERE using, they were not being monitored as closely since they were so close to leaving. This program was court ordered (for all of them) and I think any program helps some, but as soon as my difficult child was released he returned to his old habits immediately. He sounded like he had been drinking when he called me to tell me he was out. We can not make them change, it is completelky up to them, and like so many others, my difficult child starts to think he can handle recreational use and he back slides. It is very scary and they seem to think they are invincible. One of my saddest memories was a family event at one of the rehab centers. The place was on a lake, gorgous, peaceful setting. The guys had caught the fish and cooked all of the food themselves. Several of the men said they had invited their families but they didn't show up. It is so very hard to explain to them that you just get tired of the ups and downs, that we are people too and we deserve a life. My life has revolved around how well difficult child is doing for so long I can't remember when it did not! THEY LIE, and in addition to all of his lies he was very involved with the church program in the rehab center, all of the counselors thought he would 'make it' that time. Last August after a nasty fight with girlie I told him to stay strong, don't go back to his old ways. He told me then that he would never go back to 'neverland' again. In part that was true, 'cause he was already back there!!!!!! [/QUOTE]
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