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What’s Your Experience With Sober Living?
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 759716" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>My son was in sober living twice. He is older than is your son. I think he was in sober living first when he was about 28 and then again at 31 or so. </p><p></p><p>I was greatly impressed with the administration and supervision of the home. I was also very impressed with the available program, for addiction, spirituality, volunteer work, and also re-entry opportunities for training, support for independent living, job-finding, etc. Alas, my son did not take advantage of all of this, but he could have. </p><p></p><p>There were several men there who had had long-term drug problems. One was the house manager. The other was in college and planned to go to graduate school. They acted as mentors to the younger men. It was heartwarming.</p><p></p><p>If your son wants to do this, I think it sounds great. There will be way more support and supervision than in college, where, in my experience, there is next to none. It sounds like your son feels safe where he is. If this program is anything like where my son is, there may be the possibility of assistance to find an apartment, after a period of time. The program I know of actually visits the people on a long-term basis to monitor them. They help them with rent subsidies. This program was very supportive of going to college. Maybe this program (or one like it) could be a way your son can return to college. </p><p></p><p>I think our children need to find a place and a way to live independently from us. And I think part of the challenge for us is to let them. (Over-dependence is just as harmful, I believe, as the reverse. I think we need to work hard to not shelter them too much.) I think it's a very good indicator that your son wants to make this work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 759716, member: 18958"] My son was in sober living twice. He is older than is your son. I think he was in sober living first when he was about 28 and then again at 31 or so. I was greatly impressed with the administration and supervision of the home. I was also very impressed with the available program, for addiction, spirituality, volunteer work, and also re-entry opportunities for training, support for independent living, job-finding, etc. Alas, my son did not take advantage of all of this, but he could have. There were several men there who had had long-term drug problems. One was the house manager. The other was in college and planned to go to graduate school. They acted as mentors to the younger men. It was heartwarming. If your son wants to do this, I think it sounds great. There will be way more support and supervision than in college, where, in my experience, there is next to none. It sounds like your son feels safe where he is. If this program is anything like where my son is, there may be the possibility of assistance to find an apartment, after a period of time. The program I know of actually visits the people on a long-term basis to monitor them. They help them with rent subsidies. This program was very supportive of going to college. Maybe this program (or one like it) could be a way your son can return to college. I think our children need to find a place and a way to live independently from us. And I think part of the challenge for us is to let them. (Over-dependence is just as harmful, I believe, as the reverse. I think we need to work hard to not shelter them too much.) I think it's a very good indicator that your son wants to make this work. [/QUOTE]
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