What a wonderful post! I am filled with joy for your son and for you. We DO need to hear positive stories to give us hope. My son is in rehab right now. He's been there for a month, and will soon be transferred to enter the next phase - a twelve month program. He's addicted to pain pills, so I'm glad it's going to be a long process. I am thankful every day that he's in rehab, because I know he isn't using drugs. I get ahead of myself and begin to worry about what will happen once he's released. I'm sure you have that in the back of your mind, too, now that your son is back in the real world. I encourage you to take it a minute, an hour, a day at a time and rejoice in his sobriety for however long it lasts. It sounds like he's taking positive steps to stay sober. I'll be keeping both of you in my prayers.