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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 586534" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>My kid had a behavioural addiction, but he too was 17, when entering into treatment. And with late puberty and all over immaturity he was extremely rebellious at the time. Because of that even I was a bit leery of twelve steps for him. Twelve steps approach requires some maturity and willingness to submit and believe to the system. Not a greatest fit for my son at least. We were lucky that specialised intensive program to my son's addiction we had available wasn't twelve steps based but based on newer science on addictions. However I feel that it was also important to him, that we let him choose. Okay, he had strong incentives to stop and to enter the treatment but having options in what kind of treatment he wanted helped him own the process. Twelve steps meetings would had required him bit more travelling etc. and been overall less convenient for him than the other option but I do think that for him it made it easier to commit to his treatment, that he had a choice in the matter. That he got to choose this treatment model over other. While we strongly sided with treatment he chose, we tried not to show it to him too much and simply let him choose. I think that made him bit less rebellious concerning the treatment.</p><p></p><p>I'm wondering if your area has some alternatives for AA (for example SMART groups) and if it would be possible and helpful to let your son to choose between different treatment methods and if that would help him own the process?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 586534, member: 14557"] My kid had a behavioural addiction, but he too was 17, when entering into treatment. And with late puberty and all over immaturity he was extremely rebellious at the time. Because of that even I was a bit leery of twelve steps for him. Twelve steps approach requires some maturity and willingness to submit and believe to the system. Not a greatest fit for my son at least. We were lucky that specialised intensive program to my son's addiction we had available wasn't twelve steps based but based on newer science on addictions. However I feel that it was also important to him, that we let him choose. Okay, he had strong incentives to stop and to enter the treatment but having options in what kind of treatment he wanted helped him own the process. Twelve steps meetings would had required him bit more travelling etc. and been overall less convenient for him than the other option but I do think that for him it made it easier to commit to his treatment, that he had a choice in the matter. That he got to choose this treatment model over other. While we strongly sided with treatment he chose, we tried not to show it to him too much and simply let him choose. I think that made him bit less rebellious concerning the treatment. I'm wondering if your area has some alternatives for AA (for example SMART groups) and if it would be possible and helpful to let your son to choose between different treatment methods and if that would help him own the process? [/QUOTE]
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