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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 744007" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>We are all more than thankful when they are in programs that are run by trained professionals. My son was in many but was not buying what they were selling. I actually felt bad for the professionals because all the tools were there for him to use but he wouldn't put on the tool belt. So frustrating.</p><p></p><p>I also prayed he would get sober before this would kill him but my husband and I accepted that he could die from this in spite of all we were doing to try to reroute him. He had overdosed more than once.</p><p></p><p>I really had to put him in God's hands. I knew that I didn't know how to help him any more than what we had already been trying to do for many years. He seemed to continue to get worse in spite of all of our efforts. That is such a helpless feeling. I know.</p><p></p><p>I think the key is to let their brains "dry out". Their thinking is SO SO SO thwarted by the drug use and the drug culture. It is horrifying to hear how they really think. We had no idea where he got the stuff he believed. How he lived his life. Nothing he learned in our camp.</p><p></p><p>When it's all said and done it's up to them and only them to decide how they want to live their life and to love themselves and to keep themselves safe. They are adults and we cannot monitor them 24/7. It's hard to let go of the thought that we can control the outcome. Very hard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 744007, member: 15032"] We are all more than thankful when they are in programs that are run by trained professionals. My son was in many but was not buying what they were selling. I actually felt bad for the professionals because all the tools were there for him to use but he wouldn't put on the tool belt. So frustrating. I also prayed he would get sober before this would kill him but my husband and I accepted that he could die from this in spite of all we were doing to try to reroute him. He had overdosed more than once. I really had to put him in God's hands. I knew that I didn't know how to help him any more than what we had already been trying to do for many years. He seemed to continue to get worse in spite of all of our efforts. That is such a helpless feeling. I know. I think the key is to let their brains "dry out". Their thinking is SO SO SO thwarted by the drug use and the drug culture. It is horrifying to hear how they really think. We had no idea where he got the stuff he believed. How he lived his life. Nothing he learned in our camp. When it's all said and done it's up to them and only them to decide how they want to live their life and to love themselves and to keep themselves safe. They are adults and we cannot monitor them 24/7. It's hard to let go of the thought that we can control the outcome. Very hard. [/QUOTE]
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