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I'm not an addict but my stepdaughter and several stepgrandkids are, so I know too well how addiction can tear a family apart.
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GayandGray that is so true....alcohol/drugs can wreck any family and no one ever knows if or when it will show its ugly face,(addict) ,\
I'm sure you have educated yourself by watching what happens in your family.... Tough love is hard but necessary in almost all cases, including mine when I was out there... I'm glad you stopped by and posted.....
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12-06-2016, 10:48 PM
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Just For Today-from todays reading...
"In my desire for romance, I will not ignore my recovery"... In early recovery we have enough feelings to deal with ,so why add more...but we are going to do what we want, I did get into a relationship in early recovery years ago and I relaped...so I learned to always put my recovery first, If I didn't I would of relapsed again...
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Happy New Years to all in recovery.....
Hope 2017 will be a good year for all, one day at a time....  
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My nephew has been at the salvation army for 9 months....recovery part.
he was a hard core cocaine and Gambler i am so great full for them as he recognises life changing boundaries.... vital with his mom,my sister. he is sober and it seems 2017 may be a great life changing year for all of us. |
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firegal- willingness to go to a recovery center is the first part on his journey...
I do believe that anyone going to a recovery center needs to stay 6months to a year ....a 30 day place is called a spin dry...I only know 2 people that stayed clean and sober from 30 day place.... You probably know this but if you don't , it is a good thing for family members to go the Alanon,(its for family and friends of a loved one to learn and get support from good people.... I'll keep your nephew in my prayers,,,thats what fellow people in recovery do for one another... if you want to talk , I will be around and if not take care
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HI to all, another day clean....
Faith: "As we develop faith in our daily lives, we fin that our Higher Power supplies us with the strength and guidance that we need.... Just for Today; I know that faith in my Higher Power will not calm the storms of life, but it will calm my heart. I will let my faith shelter me in times of trouble....
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I have very few clients that made it through. A lot of them have a real issue with the rules, expectations, core of focus on God/the Bible and work/employment expectations/requirements. If your nephew has made it 9-months, he is truly committed to his recovery. It is impressive. Just an aside: there are virtually no 6-month to a year other programs that are treatment oriented (that are affordable or covered by insurance anymore). My county program contracts for 90-day residential but only 90. There is about a month waiting list for most of them, too. We can't even put someone directly in residental treatment after detox due to the sheer volume of clients that we get. They have to wait for a detox bed even when they are mentally and physically ready to commit to getting clean and sober. Clients have to pay for additional time (beyond the 90 residential days) and they have to pay for sober living if they want to go that route since sober living is not treatment, there is no money for that. We are all afraid of the potential of Trump and the Republicans decreasing funding for healthcare because mental health and substance use disorder reatment is always first to go. I hope it is ok to post this here but it is the current reality of treatment.
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Hi Anya, I did not know that treatment facilities don't offer extended programs anymore...thanks for the post
I'm going to check on one facility that did or still offers extended programs for you to live there for longer periods of time....and after 30 days there , then you were allowed to go to school or get a job...and then return to facility after both.... thanks again
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