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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 59134" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...was sent to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and then a rehab during that time--didn't seem to really do any good but you never know what she took away from her experiences.</div></div></p><p></p><p>That's the conundrum I face. I work with someone who was "forced" into inpatient rehab when he was 16. He said he learned some hard lessons there, but that the lessons didn't mean anything until he was older. He got out, fell back into the same old routine, then found himself kicked out and a single Dad all at the same time a few years later.</p><p></p><p>He was 22 before he gave up drugs. While the rehab didn't help him at the time, he said he carried the experience with him until he was ready to accept the lessons he'd truly learned when he was 16. Without the rehab, he said he might have been much older before finally trying to get his life back in order.</p><p></p><p>Who knows? I'm starting to think it's all just one big roll of the dice, so why not load the dice to improve the odds a bit. Leaning towards forcing him to rehab, whether he wants it or not. Maybe it'll help, maybe not. But doing nothing won't help, and putting him out the door isn't much better. In fact, my Bro told me the other day that one of the main reasons he relapsed back into drugs was the lack of any coping/management skills (he never got rehab), and the lack of a support structure when he got out of jail. </p><p></p><p>Even if it's force-fed, maybe McWeedy will take something away that will help him. Maybe not now, but in the future. Or maybe it'll simply reduce the chances that something bad will happen. Loaded dice don't always give you the combo you're looking for, but you have a better chance of getting the 7 you're hoping for with them than without them.</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 59134, member: 3579"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...was sent to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and then a rehab during that time--didn't seem to really do any good but you never know what she took away from her experiences.</div></div> That's the conundrum I face. I work with someone who was "forced" into inpatient rehab when he was 16. He said he learned some hard lessons there, but that the lessons didn't mean anything until he was older. He got out, fell back into the same old routine, then found himself kicked out and a single Dad all at the same time a few years later. He was 22 before he gave up drugs. While the rehab didn't help him at the time, he said he carried the experience with him until he was ready to accept the lessons he'd truly learned when he was 16. Without the rehab, he said he might have been much older before finally trying to get his life back in order. Who knows? I'm starting to think it's all just one big roll of the dice, so why not load the dice to improve the odds a bit. Leaning towards forcing him to rehab, whether he wants it or not. Maybe it'll help, maybe not. But doing nothing won't help, and putting him out the door isn't much better. In fact, my Bro told me the other day that one of the main reasons he relapsed back into drugs was the lack of any coping/management skills (he never got rehab), and the lack of a support structure when he got out of jail. Even if it's force-fed, maybe McWeedy will take something away that will help him. Maybe not now, but in the future. Or maybe it'll simply reduce the chances that something bad will happen. Loaded dice don't always give you the combo you're looking for, but you have a better chance of getting the 7 you're hoping for with them than without them. Mikey [/QUOTE]
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