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Family Matters:  My son enters rehab today  |
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mommom
True Blue Farmgirl
854 Posts
Susan
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
USA
854 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 06:30:48 AM
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| I have been praying so long that my almost 28 year old son would realize that the heroine he is doing is killing him and that he would get some help. We finally convinced him to call an outpatient number since all the inpatient rehabs are overflowing and they don't have any more room for anybody. I have been so sick with the flu that I was unable to take him this morning. My dh took him. There's a new treatment that's noncarcotic. It's a square orange pill that tastes like orange juice that he is to put under his tongue every morning and it's supposed to take the craving for drugs away from him. I guess I just need you all to wrap your arms around a young man you don't know so he can feel that he's not alone in this. I have to go back to bed now before I fall over. Thank you for your support for me and my family. Mommom |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 06:39:09 AM
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Susan, you've got it--so does your son. I've had friends suffer this addiction, some made it, some didn't and I know how long the road will be for him, but just keep doing what you're doing--loving him and supporting him. You said it in the first part of your post, HE has finally figured out that it's killing him and with your support, has taken the first step to getting clean.
I'm pulling for him!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 08:17:40 AM
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Susan-what a wonderful step your son is taking. I will pray that this treatment works for him!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 08:33:05 AM
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Susan I am thinking of your whole family.
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
Rich or Poor, It Dont matter We're all the same everybodys hungry in a different way....
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 08:36:50 AM
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((((big huggggssss Susan))))) and loving light for all of your family.
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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Utahfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1940 Posts
Portland
Oregon
USA
1940 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 11:46:30 AM
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Susan, once agin, I'm surrounding him with the blue light of god's healing and peace. I'm seeing it go through him and all around him and I'm giving thanks for his quick recovery and abundant good health.
God bless you both!
Patricia
Proud Farmgirl Sister #19
Rusty Chicks Chapter
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 12:11:43 PM
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Susan,
So glad he is going for treatment, this is so hard on everyone, I will be thinking of you all. Susan, hope you are feeling better, that flu thing is never fun.
Nancy Jo
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
2246 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 12:26:08 PM
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suan, you know i had to jump in here and say i am hoping and praying for the best.
please keep us posted on your son, and your whole family and i am sending big hugs your way.
as a mom, i know just what you are going through and believe me i am praying for you and your son.
i remeber when we used to email pretty regular, but life can get so busy, still i have thought alot about you and your son.
sending love to you from texas.
love
frannie in texas
(http://farmfolks-frannie.blogspot.com/)
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 1:34:39 PM
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Susan,
Hugs and love to your son, you and your family. He's taken such a big step and we are all behind him and you.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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gafarmwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Pam
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 1:37:51 PM
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Susan, my prayers are with your son and your family. I am so proud he had the courage to take that first step. I am sending positive thoughts your way.
You can never have enough friends.
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 1:53:29 PM
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Susan, I am praying that your son will do well in rehab. Also I hope you feel bettter soon yourself.
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 5:42:36 PM
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hoping that your son comes to know and realize that he has a whole lot of living left to do..and with a cleaner slate ahead of him may he again find the joy in living life..soberly.
wishing him the very best and you too. get to feeling better. best of wishes to your son that the rehab takes and he leaves this addiction behind him and discovers who he really is without leaning upon the crutch of a drug.wishing the very best. hugs to you and your son.
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Linda Houston
True Blue Farmgirl
538 Posts
Linda
Lake Charles
Louisiana
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 7:43:28 PM
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Susan, I have had a like experience with my son and today he is doing well. I am more than willing to share my story with you , just e-mail. The most important thing I can say is, take excellent care of you. They will take our lives without knowing. I know, Dear One, I have been there.
My prayers and heart felt wishes go out to you and yours.
Linda H
PS I do not mind sharing my story about my son on the forum, but it is lengthy |
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Meg
Moderator/Farmgirl True
974 Posts
Meg
Idaho
USA
974 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 07:40:19 AM
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Susan,
thinking of you, your son, and family...
MaryJane's daughter,
Meg
megan@maryjanesfarm.org |
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Marcy
True Blue Farmgirl
2701 Posts
Marcy
Tiverton
Rhode Island
USA
2701 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 07:44:04 AM
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Susan,
Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers that everything goes wonderful and that your son is fine and is able to beat this. I am a mom to two boys one 14 and one 13 and if something like that happened to either one of them it would break my heart.
Take care and the very best of luck with this
Marcy
It is such a happiness when good people get together-
and they always do-
Jane Austen- Emma
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 07:50:42 AM
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Susan- I hope that your son will be able to overcome his addiction and find what it is he is truly searching for to fill that space in him that needs tending. I will be praying for him and you as your family goes through this journey.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
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Wherever you go, there you are.
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 07:54:18 AM
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Susan, my prayers are with you and your son (and the rest of the family too). I pray this will end his addiction.
Sharon
Farmgirl Sister #74
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 10:47:14 AM
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Susan - my heart aches for you as a parent. It just hurts so much to see our children hurt. But your son is making a positive first step! I will be praying for him and for your family.
Hugs,
Kay
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nashbabe
True Blue Farmgirl
687 Posts
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
1510 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 7:33:38 PM
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Susan, I've been in your shoes and their very hard to stand in I know dear. My son is the same age and almost allowed meth to ruin his life. He's now kind of teetering I believe. Trying to convince me and his daddy that all is well. My prayers are for strength for you and deliverance for your son. New friends of integrity and caring that will be a shoulder for him. But most importantly that the arms of Christ will reach down and take his hand, bringing him encouragement and will start a fire of renewal in your son's heart and spirit. I pray that the will to stay clean will be a driving force in his life that will be so amazing others will be fed from the fountain that flows from your son. God bless you and your family.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
www.mikkijo.etsy.com
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
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mommom
True Blue Farmgirl
854 Posts
Susan
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
USA
854 Posts |
Posted - Apr 02 2008 : 09:55:55 AM
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| Everything is not going as we had hoped. The doctors on his insurance plan do not have anything to do with this sort of rehab. They finally got a hold of a dr. who said he will help him but we have to wait two more weeks. I am so sick with the flu and pneumonia and had to go back to the drs yesterday for new medicine. The dr. looked me straight in the eye and told me that unless I wanted my son and his addiction to "kill" me I'd better get a hold of myself. Addiction is so hard for me to understand. I have never had an alcoholic drink in my life and tylenol is about it for me in the drug department. I only know what it feels like to crave chocolate.....and I pretty much take care of that with a Hershey kiss. I am constantly being yelled at because I "don't understand." I admit it. I don't get this addiction but I do know that it is eating both of us up. I can get pretty tough when I have to and I went and talked to his boss and begged them not to fire him so that we can keep his insurance. I know that his one boss has to be a man after God because he came here today and had found my son a place to go and they can get him in in a matter of days. This guy just doesn't want to give up on Jay. My son has tried to kill himself twice. I'm afraid that I am going to lose it and the doctor says I have something called tremors now. I believe that God can perform a miracle whenever he wants to.....and I have a lot of faith. And, I want to thank you all for keeping both of us in your prayers and thoughts. I just have one for request for you all. I haven't cried in over 3 years. Not one tear. There's nothing there. Dr. said I would feel better if I cried. My girls are bringing me all kinds of tear jerker movies but it's like I've turned to stone. Has this happened to anyone else? Please give me any ideas on how I can cry. I don't feel bitter or mean or anything. It's like I don't have an emotion left in my body except for the one trying to survive. Thank you for listening. Susan |
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Beehind Thyme
True Blue Farmgirl
192 Posts
Pamela
Kentucky
USA
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mommom
True Blue Farmgirl
854 Posts
Susan
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
USA
854 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 3:11:40 PM
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| Here it is Friday and He still isn't in rehab yet. Today we had to come up with the $500 deductible which was slightly impossible since he cleaned all our accounts out. But, my precious daughter found someone to lend her the money with her sworn signature that we would never try to pay him back. We are to pay it forward somewhere in the future.....which we've always done. He is scheduled to go in Sunday at 3pm for 45 days of inpatient treatment with no visitation from any of us. He's already been trying to convince us that he's kicked the habit which makes me so angry that I could spit nails! He's going to get there if I have to borrow Davy's Belgians and wagon and get him there myself! All of our nerves are shot. It just seems that he goes from one addiction and finds another one. I get my dh Gevahlia coffee beans. We had four boxes. We're down to one. My son decided that real strong coffee was the way to calm his nerves down so he ground one box at a time and made one pot of coffee with each box! Yes, he drank all three pots! Pray that we get him there on Sunday! Hugs, Mommom |
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 3:27:46 PM
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Susan, addiction is a nasty thing. I am thinking of your son and of you. PLease let us know how this weekend goes.
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
Rich or Poor, It Dont matter We're all the same everybodys hungry in a different way....
http://myfarmdreams.blogspot.com/
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Family Matters: My son enters rehab today |
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My son enters rehab today
