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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 688708" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>JMO. I don't think he's ready to stay sober on his own. Maybe the therapist has seen enough addicts to see red flags. I don't know, of course, but she's seen it all, heard it all I'm sure.</p><p></p><p>Remember, you're Mom and love him like crazy. That's why it's so hard to see our kids with objectivity. You may not know everything that happened there. He has privacy rights.</p><p></p><p>Maybe he relapsed once or more and he won't go to the meetings that this chosen facility has seen work. Doing better isn't enough with addiction. It's too easy for addicts to go all the way back to square one. Why not ask the counselor what she is looking for from him and don't get upset. Usually the counselors were once drug addicts and they know things we don't. There is supportive and there is falsely hopeful. I would want my kid to have a counselor who wanted my kid to STAY sober. My opinion is (and it's JMO) he has not been sober that long even if he hasn't relapsed and still needs the structure and support. We didn't exhale with my daughter's sobriety until she had been sober for well over a year. </p><p></p><p>If this were my kid, I'd encourage sober living. He has not been sober long enough.</p><p></p><p>Hugs and, having been there, I know it's horrible and scary and I'm sorry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 688708, member: 1550"] JMO. I don't think he's ready to stay sober on his own. Maybe the therapist has seen enough addicts to see red flags. I don't know, of course, but she's seen it all, heard it all I'm sure. Remember, you're Mom and love him like crazy. That's why it's so hard to see our kids with objectivity. You may not know everything that happened there. He has privacy rights. Maybe he relapsed once or more and he won't go to the meetings that this chosen facility has seen work. Doing better isn't enough with addiction. It's too easy for addicts to go all the way back to square one. Why not ask the counselor what she is looking for from him and don't get upset. Usually the counselors were once drug addicts and they know things we don't. There is supportive and there is falsely hopeful. I would want my kid to have a counselor who wanted my kid to STAY sober. My opinion is (and it's JMO) he has not been sober that long even if he hasn't relapsed and still needs the structure and support. We didn't exhale with my daughter's sobriety until she had been sober for well over a year. If this were my kid, I'd encourage sober living. He has not been sober long enough. Hugs and, having been there, I know it's horrible and scary and I'm sorry. [/QUOTE]
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