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Old 09-04-2012, 01:37 PM
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Hi, Madkarma. Welcome to SR. So sorry we are all here for the reasons we are.

I am the mother of a 22 YO AS. Your story of your daughter's graduation money disappearing and of bounced checks sounds sadly familiar to me. That's the progression my son's addiction followed as well. His DOC (drug of choice) was opiates. He has attended 2 out patient treatments and our insurance will now cover in-patient treatment.

I would highly recommend attending Nar-Anon or Al-Anon meetings. I found an Al-Anon group of parents finally about 5 months ago and wish I had followed the advice to start going 5 years ago! It helps.

We moved our AS into an apartment with his girlfriend and another roomate Saturday to begin his 5th year of college. Claims to be clean over 6 months but this will be the real test. He paid 6 months worth of rent and we have made it clear this time we will not pay rent, food, bills, etc.

Please keep us posted. You will find many on this form who have long-term experience and solid advice. It's a wonderful, caring group.
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