Thirty-seven days ago, my son got on a plane and flew to Palm Springs to start treatment for his addiction and depression at Michael's House. Thirty-seven days later, he's clean and feeling better. That's pretty damn incredible.
In two days, he's being discharged from Michael's House and moving into a sober living house in Palm Springs, where's he's expected to be for at least 30 days. And in two weeks, I'm pretty sure that my wife, younger son, and I are heading to California to participate in the "Family Weekend" program at Michael's House. That's another big expense, but it's one way we can participate in the recovery of someone we love dearly. And you can't really put a price on that.
Thirty-seven days. Every one of them, one day at a time.
I read your blog often and I am so glad to hear that treatment is going well...I can also sympathize with the expenses. It can be so hard.
ReplyDeleteall i know is that it has to come from deep within him.....coming from some other source, any other source, he can only wear it like a garment, an increasingly expensive garment, at that....he'll have to grow into the complete understanding that to emerge from this nightmare in which he finds himself he must find a reason to resolvedly and reverently wish to be, and more importantly, believe that he will be able to be---other than an "addict". If he doesn't find it from within it is at best a very chancey affair all around.
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--solon
will follow, and hope for good news.
So happy for your family Dean. I know what a long and never ending road it is.
ReplyDeleteBless you for staying the course through such difficult circumstances. He will understand one day that this was the ultimate sacrafice made for his life. My prayers to you and yours..
ReplyDeleteI'm celebrating those 37 days with you and hope there are many more to come - one day at a time.
ReplyDeleteI applaud your son! That's incredible!
ReplyDeleteWhen those we love make the decision to choose recovery, whether it is from alcohol, cocaine, heroin or any other addictive substance, their courage is to be applauded. Each and every day of sober living is a victory.
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