jennmac

Hi everyone,

I haven't posted in a while; after becoming a black-out drunk in his one semester at college, my son has completely spiraled out of control in about 18 months. Over the summer he turned 21 and TSHF, so to speak. After getting kicked out of a sober living facility for turning up drunk, he sponged off of a friend for most of the summer, not looking for a job, just drinking and smoking dope. He got arrested two weeks ago for shoplifting cough meds, and got into a scuffle with the store personnel. We had to pay an attorney to get the charges lowered from felony to misdemeanor, but we did let him stay in jail for 10 days. Now his parole officer says that re-hab wouldn't do him any good, but she is having him assessed any way. I'm afraid the probation board will only give him classes, and he needs to be in a rehab for 30 days to qualify for any of the sober living facilities in our area. Any ideas on how we should handle this?