Drug Treatment Successes
Alcohol and Heroin Drug Treatment Male, 22 (From Parents)
Alcohol and Heroin Drug Treatment
It was about a month ago that we learned our oldest son who lived halfway across the state of Colorado had become a heroin addict. The night we learned of his problem, his mother, one of his two brothers and I (his step mother), armed with no more than an hour worth of internet research, arrived unannounced at his apartment at 10:30 p.m. We then proceeded blindly into the chaos that is associated with addiction to this drug. I have described to friends and family that it was like throwing feathers in the wind. We would seem to have a plan and then halfway into it, that plan would suddenly turn out to be the worst plan ever laid. Other plans were arrived at, which also failed to materialize as intended. We spent two days dragging him between emergency rooms, public health departments and clinics. After two days of missing work, we drove the 250 miles home whereupon his Father took over. His experience with our son was the same as ours: lots of frustration and little or no progress in finding where to get the required help. Our son was adamant that he did not want to be in a methadone program. He also had the idea that he would be able to simply attend Narcotics Anonymous with some group therapy thrown in and that would suffice to win this battle. We soon learned that even if he consented to a detox program in a local hospital and wanted to get treatment, there were no facilities that would have a place for him for two to three weeks. His dad arrived home three days later as confused and frightened as the Moms. Next was more surfing on the Internet for drug rehabilitation@ (or something similar), and finally we came across a website that made sense to us. We hoped that our son would be interested too. The person that I called that day called me later that afternoon and I explained we were simply at a loss as to where to turn to for help. The suggestion to try a private interventionist was welcome news. We had already become as dangerous to our sons recovery as we could be.
That is how we came to you. Finally, for the first time in more that a week we felt hopeful. We realized how intricate the dance between our son and his drug addiction was. Immediately, through telephone conversations, you began your plan. You spoke with our entire family and family friends, all of our son=s friends, and began to get to know the persons that could, should, or should not become factors in persuading our son to make a life saving decision. That decision to seek treatment would not have been possible without your calming and constructive influence. The intervention was as much for us as for our son. Your succinct and positive instruction and guidance, as well as your ever-prevailing sense of hope precipitated the result that we had all been praying for. After only one week, our son is a recognizable person from the one that had been lost for the previous eight months. There is a light at the end of this very dark tunnel for us but most importantly for him. This is truly the result of your assistance. We will always be eternally grateful.
Its been almost a week and a half since you last graced our doorstep. From the first moment that we contacted you to help our son, there was hope. And this hope grew stronger as each day passed while working with you during the intervention. It continues to grow as we learn of our sons determination to leave the chaos behind. We now fully realize, that left to our own devices, we alone could not have helped our son.