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Intervention. What kind of treatment for older dad
We are planning a family intervention for my dad. He started drinking really heavily after he retired and he is going downhill fast and all of us in the family agree that we need to get him some help right away. I am organizing this thing and the family is behind me on all of it. The main problem I have is that I am not sure what kind of treatment he needs to get, providing he agrees to go. I think that alcohol rehab would be best. But he is a kind of cantankerous 62 year old ex general contractor and I cannot imagine him sharing his feelings and fears in some sort of touchy feely group session with a bunch of people half his age. Is this important? Our budget is not huge but there are some general rehab programs around here that we can afford. Programs for older adults that I have looked into tend to be farther away (which I think will be hard to sell to my dad) and more expensive (which is a problem). How important is it that we get him into some sort of treatment with people his own age?
Read answer →Teen experimenting with herbal marijuana – does he need treatment?
I caught my son with some sort of herbal marijuana, and I’m not sure how worried I should be. He says it not real marijuana, only some sort of herb blend and that it’s not even really illegal or harmful. He says it’s no big deal and that he’s smart enough not to do ‘real’ drugs, and that I’m freaking out for nothing. My son has always been a really nice kid and a good student and involved in bands and sports other activities at school, but this year it seems different and we’re getting pretty concerned. He just turned 17 and he doesn’t seem to care about any of that stuff any more; he’s always hanging out with a new set of friends that I don’t really know and we’ve caught him coming home drunk a few times over the last year or so. We’ve tried grounding him and taking away his keys to the truck and talking about our worries but all we get in return is bad attitude and no change in his bad behaviors. My husband suggested we consider some kind of treatment program to deal with the drug taking before it gets too serious but when we brought this up with Andy he went crazy and said he wasn’t a drug addict and didn’t need any kind of help! Is my husband right? Should we get him into some sort of treatment program?
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I'm sure you know what has happened in Florida. ALL Pain Managment drs are shut down. I have no intention to going back. I'm detoxing at home from Roxicodone - 30 mg. Tapered and started taking vitamins specially for this. Now my question, I still have xanax. I want off. I was prescribed Lexapro but it interfered with my Roxis. I know you're not my dr, but do you think in your personal profession it would be okay to start my lexapro again while tapering from xanax? I'm lucky tho, i only started taking xanax 2 months ago, (half a "bar"). Everyone in south florida looks at you like a piece of junk when you go for help. That's how bad it is down here. No one here cares that some of us are actually trying.
Read answer →Pro DJ with Cocaine Addiction Concerned about Triggers
I’m a pro DJ with a cocaine problem. Things are getting out of hand and I have decided to get some treatment. The problem is my job and my drug use are pretty linked together. I can’t imagine doing my job without being very tempted to use cocaine but my job is a huge part of my life and I have worked very hard for a long time to get to a place where I can make a good living doing what I love to do. If I go to drug rehab is everyone going to tell me I have to give up my job as a DJ?
Read answer →Expensive Rehab Stays... Again and Again. Time to Hit Rock-Bottom?
My wife wants us to dip into our savings, not that we have so much of it, to help send her 28 year old crack loving sister to rehab…again...for the third or fourth time she’s gotten into some sort of program. I love my wife and I understand how she loves her sister and if I thought it was going to help take away some of the pain in this family by getting that hopeless case better then I would do it in a heartbeat, but we don’t have so much money that I can afford to throw away good money after bad every time she gets it in her head that she needs a little break from her partying ways. How can I know that there is any chance it’s going to work this time. As far as I can tell, every time this happens its my wife and my mother in law that get together and convince her to get clean and help her with getting into some sort of program…little interventions. It’s never her on her own that says, “OK, I am ready and I going to really do it this time.” Doesn’t she need to hit her own rock bottom before she can decide…on her own…to get better once and for all. And until she does isn’t all this time and money and effort just a huge waste of time? Thank you for your time
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