Posted by fayeroe on April 28, 2007, at 20:46:22
In reply to Re: rehab lite won't cut it w/ him...stay the cour, posted by Declan on April 28, 2007, at 20:36:36
> Maybe people in this situation need something that cannot be provided by the medical profession.
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> Like a sense of meaning and purpose, something that makes them want to get out of bed in the morning, something to live and breathe inside them.they do have a sense of purpose and a reason to get up...........drugs!!!! i've worked with them and until they "bottom" out, it is pretty hopeless. an addict has more excuses, lies, denial than Carter has little liver pills. my BS meter is really high.
the reason that will usually motivate them is knowing that they are dying unless they quit. OR their money is cut off and someone quits enabling them. and then they hit the streets and find out life is pretty damned sh*tty out there.
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