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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 696643" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>Wednesday I had a doctor's appointment with my internal medication doctor. She and I are friends, and we both are involved with helping those with substance abuse and mental illness here in our community. </p><p></p><p>We talked---once again---about the irony of rehabs and halfway houses who throw out their patients/residents when they relapse...as we all know, relapse is part of the disease. </p><p></p><p>The whole maddening part of mental illness is the denial and the relapse and the "not knowing" they are sick and "not believing" they need help. That is part of the disease itself. It's circular: you can't get help because you don't believe you need help when you need help the most.</p><p></p><p>You can't help somebody who isn't ready to be helped. But they can't be helped unless they are at a place where there IS help. </p><p></p><p>I don't know the answer to this. I know that my own son had many many chances for help that he rejected. And then finally, he was ready to stop and has basically done it on his own. I would rather he go to NA or AA or some type of program. Clearly, it's not about what I want. I had to give up the idea of the "perfect recovery" just like I have had to give up so many of my Cinderella ideas about him, about other people, about life in general.</p><p></p><p>Things aren't going to go the way I think they should. </p><p></p><p>RN, Zin---just remember, they get it when they get it. You have offered help many times, and I believe that is a good thing. We never know when they are going to be ready.</p><p></p><p>Warm hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 696643, member: 17542"] Wednesday I had a doctor's appointment with my internal medication doctor. She and I are friends, and we both are involved with helping those with substance abuse and mental illness here in our community. We talked---once again---about the irony of rehabs and halfway houses who throw out their patients/residents when they relapse...as we all know, relapse is part of the disease. The whole maddening part of mental illness is the denial and the relapse and the "not knowing" they are sick and "not believing" they need help. That is part of the disease itself. It's circular: you can't get help because you don't believe you need help when you need help the most. You can't help somebody who isn't ready to be helped. But they can't be helped unless they are at a place where there IS help. I don't know the answer to this. I know that my own son had many many chances for help that he rejected. And then finally, he was ready to stop and has basically done it on his own. I would rather he go to NA or AA or some type of program. Clearly, it's not about what I want. I had to give up the idea of the "perfect recovery" just like I have had to give up so many of my Cinderella ideas about him, about other people, about life in general. Things aren't going to go the way I think they should. RN, Zin---just remember, they get it when they get it. You have offered help many times, and I believe that is a good thing. We never know when they are going to be ready. Warm hugs. [/QUOTE]
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