you actually made a valid point. i guess being friends with the people he meets in RECOVERY might be a good thing. i guess i was looking at it the selfish way and not the big picture. it will be good for him to make friends with people who all have the same goal, to get better. i guess my opinion with this was because before he went away he was in out-patient and when he would come out of the meeting he was able to buy pills from the same people that were just in the out-patient meeting. i guess i just felt like hed do the same thing this time. only time will tell but hopefully they are good people and they help him during his struggle since they too can relate to him.