Wow is it quiet! My husband and my oldest son, just left to meet his brother and sister at the beach in Southern California. This trip had been planned for over a year, all of my husband’s sibs and kids were invited. A family reunion of sorts, but do to schedules I am not going [...]
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Amazingly bringing your teen home can be as stressful as sending them away. My son has been home for one month and this some of he insight I shared with a parent with at teen that is aging out in a few weeks.
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Earthquakes are not always caused by mother nature, sometimes we have human produced earthquakes in our everyday lives. We had a couple over the Fourth of July weekend one that I really do not want to go into detail about since it was a relapse and devastating at the time. I think it was the relapse that I knew was looming out there and we had to get over it. I am just hoping that he has learned from his mistake and will make better choices next time. We seem to be getting back on track.
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I came across this website recently and it looks like it would be a useful resource for those in recovery along with family and friends. In The Rooms— is An Online Social Networking Site for the Recovery Community. Those of you familiar with this type of social networking platform will have no problem feeling comfortable. [...]
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It has been over a week since my son discharged from residential treatment. I really must count my blessings at how well it has gone. Even though at times I have blown it, with “fear based thinking” as I lay awake at night with worry and want to check his room to see if he [...]
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The first time I heard about “The Stages of Change” was in March 2007. My son was in the psychiatric ward for an eating disorder (very unusual for a male). The nutritionist was explaining to me where she thought he was in recovery and told me to research the “Stages of Change“. Of course at [...]
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Today I am filled with gratitude, I don’t think I would have said this a year ago when my son first went into residential treatment. At that time I felt like we were being robbed, I was losing my son I wanted him at home. Today my son is getting his life back, all the [...]
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