First, I need to apologize for not doing a very good job as a moderator. I have been completely wrapped up in what has been going on with my difficult child and haven't been able to post about it because I was worried that she was reading the board and would be tipped off to the intervention.
Yes, I said intervention. To our shock and dismay, we found out the weekend after Thanksgiving that our difficult child was shooting up heroin. At that point, we realized we had no choice about getting her into that residential treatment center I had posted about before. They gave us names of interventionists and one turned out to live close by. We started the process a couple of weeks ago and held the intervention on Tuesday morning.
It did not turn out well. difficult child was stoic and kept refusing to go. The interventionist was great and told her that in that case she needed to leave our home. difficult child pulled out the 30 day eviction card so H (the interventionist) told us to call 911 and see if her bringing heroin into our home would change that. Three police officers arrived who said that difficult child was a legal resident so she did get the 30 day notice but to go see a judge at the court just in case he/she would look at things in a different light since difficult child was bringing heroin into our home.
We left our 27-year-old niece with difficult child and went off to the court with H. We accidentally went to the wrong place and ended up at the family violence court. The officer at the desk heard our story and suggested a temporary protection order but made clear we would have to say we felt that we were in danger. So up we went to fill out multiple forms and go before a judge. He was wonderful and said that her bringing the heroin into our house was cause enough to sign the TPO and that they would send out sheriff deputies to make her leave our home that same day. He told us to stay away until she had been served.
In the meantime, difficult child decided that she would go but only if our niece flew down with her instead of the interventionist who she called foul names. Our niece, who is one tough cookie after serving three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan agreed to fly down with difficult child and take her to the detox hospital. The deputies arrived while difficult child was getting her things together so she knows that there is a TPO filed against her.
So difficult child is now in detox and she will spend 3 - 5 days there and then be transferred to the dual diagnosis/addiction treatment center. The plan is that she will be there for 3 months.
There is so much more to the story but I will end it here for now. Please keep our family in your thoughts and prayers.
~Kathy
Yes, I said intervention. To our shock and dismay, we found out the weekend after Thanksgiving that our difficult child was shooting up heroin. At that point, we realized we had no choice about getting her into that residential treatment center I had posted about before. They gave us names of interventionists and one turned out to live close by. We started the process a couple of weeks ago and held the intervention on Tuesday morning.
It did not turn out well. difficult child was stoic and kept refusing to go. The interventionist was great and told her that in that case she needed to leave our home. difficult child pulled out the 30 day eviction card so H (the interventionist) told us to call 911 and see if her bringing heroin into our home would change that. Three police officers arrived who said that difficult child was a legal resident so she did get the 30 day notice but to go see a judge at the court just in case he/she would look at things in a different light since difficult child was bringing heroin into our home.
We left our 27-year-old niece with difficult child and went off to the court with H. We accidentally went to the wrong place and ended up at the family violence court. The officer at the desk heard our story and suggested a temporary protection order but made clear we would have to say we felt that we were in danger. So up we went to fill out multiple forms and go before a judge. He was wonderful and said that her bringing the heroin into our house was cause enough to sign the TPO and that they would send out sheriff deputies to make her leave our home that same day. He told us to stay away until she had been served.
In the meantime, difficult child decided that she would go but only if our niece flew down with her instead of the interventionist who she called foul names. Our niece, who is one tough cookie after serving three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan agreed to fly down with difficult child and take her to the detox hospital. The deputies arrived while difficult child was getting her things together so she knows that there is a TPO filed against her.
So difficult child is now in detox and she will spend 3 - 5 days there and then be transferred to the dual diagnosis/addiction treatment center. The plan is that she will be there for 3 months.
There is so much more to the story but I will end it here for now. Please keep our family in your thoughts and prayers.
~Kathy