Old 10-05-2013, 11:34 AM
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jaynie04
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I was with your 25 year old sons and daughter in rehab. It was hard for me as I am old enough to be their mother. They were incredible, every one of them. There was a marked difference between the kids who had a cushy soft landing and the ones who understood that they owned the consequences.

It was heartbreaking to see parents come in for family week, we were all used to being in treatment. I watched one mother pledge to give her 25 year old daughter more room and not question her choices. The mother threw herself into learning everything she could. The day after she left her daughter took off with a 50 married guy. The girl was in my dorm, I watched her leave. She had 14 suitcases. She wasn't worried about the fallout. Her parents were unwitting accomplices to her behavior, and that broke my heart.

Let them crash, otherwise it feeds the disease.
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