Parents: If You Needed Help Kicking a Drug Addiction, Would You Know Where to Go for Free Help?
Question by G8RMommy: Parents: If you needed help kicking a drug addiction, would you know where to go for free help?
If the state offered you help, like AA/NA/WA meeting schedules, sponsor support (a person to talk to), and reading materials, would you take advantage of that, or would you expect the state to pay for inpatient treatment. Do you think inpatient treatment is the only way off drugs?
Just curious.
Best answer:
Answer by Diet C
Never having had a drug habit, I don’t know. I’d like to say take advantage of the free programs, but sometimes they don’t work. Sometimes an addict needs the structured and predictable environment of an inpatient program and safe detox.
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Tyler’s Light- A Story of Addiction and College Sports – Tyler Campbell was just 23 years old when he died of a heroin overdose. He was a high school football standout, big brother of two and an overachiever in all facets of life. “He was a fun-loving kid,” his father Wayne said. “He loved sports. He would have a ball in the driveway waiting when I came home from work everyday.” Campbell excelled at Akron his first two seasons and even earned a scholarship. His parents found out he was addicted to pain killers. Tyler was sent home from shoulder surgery in 2009 with Percocet, to help ease the pain. The Percocet became a crutch and Tyler started taking the pills non-medically. As Tyler’s parents started realized that his addiction was expanding and the outpatient program was not sufficient, they sent him to a rehab program at Glenbeigh, an affiliate of Cleveland Clinic, in June of 2011. He left the one-month program feeling optimistic. “He talked about his future,” his mother said. “He wanted to put it all behind him. He came home and said, ‘I weigh 225 pounds,’ which for him was more weight than usual. He was muscular and looked so good. He was staying busy while he was at Glenbeigh.” Tyler rode home from Glenbeigh with his mother and they spent the day together. His father spent a half hour with him after returning from the rehab facility and said he looked like his old son again. The first night home, July 21, 2011, Tyler was required to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. His mother wanted to go with him, but he told her …
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