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- Hi All, I just wanted to say how happy I am . I got a phone call from my sister yesterday at 7am telling me that she knows she has developed a drinking problem and she is finally ready to do something about it. My sister started going to AA meetings...
- I was watching Dr. Drew last night and he had on Dr. Sanjay Gupta who is doing a show to air this Sunday Nov 18 ( not sure what time I believe it was 8 p.m.) anyway the just of the show is the OPIOD epedemic that is sweeping our country. Some of...
- i just got my power back from the storm and it was trying no phones tv lights and cell phones but so many poor people had it worse than me. I just read that 45 people were killed in NY and two of them were too little boys driving with their mom on...
- Today is my son Matt's 19th birtday, so today I will celebrate having MATT in my life and detaching from the addict, When he was a baby I used to get stopped everywhere I would go and be told " what a beautiful baby He looks like the Gerber baby...
- Hi Friends, Yesterday Matt had an intake evaluation at a somewhat local substance abuse/mental health hospital. I wish i could say he was going to take their advice and do an inpatient program, but he has refused that. I will say that he has agreed...
- As I look over on the couch I see a stranger sitting there funny thing is he resembles my son, but that can't be him could it? Who let this person in ? I think to myself , it wasn't me. Im trying to figure this out. I dont quite know what to...
- I need to vent !! Topic # 1 Why is it so difficult to get them help and by this I mean appointments are so hard to get ! Topic # 2 IS it the drugs talking? My son has been flipping out today and by that I mean smashing his...
- So as many of you already know Matt has relapsed again although I don't really think this is the right term because quite frankly he has been in a tailspin that would peak every few weeks since he left rehab in April. I told him that yesterday and...
- A letter to an addict my child, Dear child, Where to begin: I love you more than you will ever know and because of that I must hold you accountable. I realize you have a sickness otherwise why would you continue to hurt yourself and those that...
- In dealing with my son and his addiction: I have really come to realize how self critical he is. We all seem to get caught up in that trap , So I was thinking wouldn't it be nice to name 5 positive things we Like about ourselves: So I'll go...
- I just want to say to everyone that responded to me when i posted good news about my son"s SOBER weekend at Lake George that I am sorry. I was wrong! I got a phone call last night from his friend's mom that he went away with telling me that my son...
- So my son went away for a long weekend up to Lake George . He left on thursday and just got back home last night .Of course i was worried while he was gone but I started worrying less and less the more I spoke to him when he checked in. He and his...
- A few weeks ago my son got his hands on some Ketamine and I had to give an ultimatium either get help or get out, He had a breakthrough cryed ( which he never does) admitted, and agreed to get help. I found a doctor ( psychiatrist) he went to his...
- Hi friends, I had a bad 2 days mon n tues. Mattt walked to the "bank" monday night and i knew that was not true. Of course later on he was out of it and i knew he used something just wasn't sure what it was. Turns out that it was ketamine like...
- Last night after picking Matt up from counseling he was fine one minute and the next was like a totally different person snappy, nasty. I said What is wrong with you ? " I dont know" was his response so he went to bed and I just had a bad feeling...