MAKE SURE THEY CAN GIVE UP THEIR USING FRIENDS. OTHERWISE YOUR CHILD WILL NEVER RECOVER.
1. While child is in rehab go to all meetings the only acceptable excuses for not attending is work responsiblities or I'm projectile vomiting and have a raging fever. DO NOT SHOW UP BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND. YOUR CHILD WILL NOT RECOVERY KNOWING YOU WILL NOT MAKE MAKE THEIR RECOVERY A PRIORTY. IF ANY ROMANTIC INTEREST MAKES YOU CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM OR YOUR CHILD DUMP THEM. THEY DO NOT LOVE YOU.
2 We put a monitoring device on our computer to see
what our angel was doing. We also never admitted to this we either said computer was frozen at a page you were at due to a virus. Or we used as a means to strike up a conversation with about a worry or concern they may not have been confiding in us.
3. Be able to make that tough decision of what you will put up with. The three strikes and you are out rule worked for us.
We told our child that the addiction was strike one.
the credit card theft to celebrate the first anniversary of sobiety was strike two. At strike three you will be kicked of house and can not return untill you are committed to becoming a productive person with full knowledge of right and wrong.
4. Always show faith in their sobeity. If we had to say no to something they wanted to do we would either ask "Are you sure you want to tempt fate with your sobeity?" or If we could use another reason other than the addiction as a reason for saying no we went with that.
I'll try to post our story of recovery soon. I'm new to this hopefully this little blurb will help some parent out there.
Posted by ill/twooffive0
at 9:21 AM EST
Updated: Sunday, 7 March 2004 9:31 AM EST
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