Posted by ClearSkies on January 2, 2008, at 7:26:35
In reply to Re: A new year for my step daughter, posted by oxymoron on January 1, 2008, at 19:23:29
H spoke to his daughter last night, after calling her old boyfriend. She sounded very unwell and out of it, but clearly stated a desire to get clean. This morning he's with her and seeing if they can get her into the detox program that helped me turn around. Her concern is that she'll be "locked up" and unable to leave (which is how her ex BF and her mother have been handling her so far - taking away her cell phone and her keys, etc.). She'll see for herself that it's a completely voluntary program - but so is the recovery. She has to volunteer to recover and to do the work to get there.
We'll see.
Thanks for your words, Oxymoron. Wise and true. I just don't think that this young woman is really at her personal bottom yet. Just when she's reached one low place, she goes on to find yet another and even lower one. It's been going on for 3 years now. It seems to go on a very long way.
Sadly,
CS
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