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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 733811" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>Welcome</p><p></p><p>I don't know if mine is a success story or not....YET.</p><p></p><p>He is doing well in his long term faith based program. Would he leave tomorrow if he could? Yes, but he knows it is helping him. He has been sober 9 months so thinks he is STRONG enough. We made a deal with him that he must finish what he started and graduate from the program in November. I constantly repeat that the BRAIN takes a year sober to even BEGIN to think straight. He will be stronger the longer he is there. He agrees with me but it is very hard. But life is hard. The hard work really starts when he leaves!</p><p></p><p>We have seen major changes in him since he started the program. This has been a LONG road for us. Many have shorter roads and many have much longer roads. It's their journey but we love them and it kills us watching them struggle. We forced this on him as in we left him no choices. We would not do anything for him if he did not do this. I knew in my heart this is what he needed. Nothing else worked. I do believe that God led us to this program in this town. I really feel it was divine intervention for us. We were torn and tattered and helpless to his addiction.</p><p></p><p>The best thing you can do in the meantime and what I have done is to educate yourself. Find support for yourself. Some go to meetings, some go to private therapy. Whatever it takes to make YOU be okay is what you need to do. This really is a family disease and it can and will take you down with it if you don't build up your artillery. It is a long and difficult process. I have been working on my recovery while my son is working on his.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 733811, member: 15032"] Welcome I don't know if mine is a success story or not....YET. He is doing well in his long term faith based program. Would he leave tomorrow if he could? Yes, but he knows it is helping him. He has been sober 9 months so thinks he is STRONG enough. We made a deal with him that he must finish what he started and graduate from the program in November. I constantly repeat that the BRAIN takes a year sober to even BEGIN to think straight. He will be stronger the longer he is there. He agrees with me but it is very hard. But life is hard. The hard work really starts when he leaves! We have seen major changes in him since he started the program. This has been a LONG road for us. Many have shorter roads and many have much longer roads. It's their journey but we love them and it kills us watching them struggle. We forced this on him as in we left him no choices. We would not do anything for him if he did not do this. I knew in my heart this is what he needed. Nothing else worked. I do believe that God led us to this program in this town. I really feel it was divine intervention for us. We were torn and tattered and helpless to his addiction. The best thing you can do in the meantime and what I have done is to educate yourself. Find support for yourself. Some go to meetings, some go to private therapy. Whatever it takes to make YOU be okay is what you need to do. This really is a family disease and it can and will take you down with it if you don't build up your artillery. It is a long and difficult process. I have been working on my recovery while my son is working on his. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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