What Are the Odds of a Person Successfully Gettings Off Opiates?
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My son is 23 yrs and has three years of collage behind him and has now become addicted to drugs. he has been snorting Oxycontin, taking Soma and Vicodin and who knows what else. How can I help him. he refuses to go into a residential treatment program. Currrently he is attending an outpatient rehab program but i feel as though it is only for show. He is not taking is seriously because he is continueing to use. His mentality is that he should be able to take a pill if he wants too just as one would sit down and have a beer. Over this last year I have watched these drugs destroy his life and I am at a loss as to what I can do to help safe him. He has flat lined twice wtithin 4 months. He is my only child and I love him with all my heart. I lost one child 8 years ago and do not want to loose my only son especially not to drugs. Please help me to helpo my son.
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Answer by isabow27
I know this may be hard to hear but have you tried to have him committed to a rehab that isn’t outpatient?
You might also try getting legal custody of him through an attorney’s office and legally force him into treatment and a work program for recovering addicts.
It also sounds like he doesn’t want help. For my ex-husband, it was a trip to prison that made him take a hard look at his life after being in and out of treatment facilities too many times to count. Only your son can really save himself but who’s to say the law can’t be on your side about it?
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4 Responses to What Are the Odds of a Person Successfully Gettings Off Opiates?
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if u can’t make him go to a real detox facility because he’s an adult, I’m sure a judge can once he gets arrested enough times
This is a very bad situation. The good news is that many people have saved themselves from harmful drug addictions. The bad news is that many do not. If i were you I wouldn’t be concerned with the odds…this isn’t Vegas and this is NOT a game. The drugs you have mentioned are very strong and I imagine he is likely to combine use of them as his “tolerance” to the effects grows. Your son is in a situation that he absolutely can NOT change by himself. I think you are correct…he is in outpatient rehabilitation ONLY because he knows that he will still have access to the drugs when he wants. And he WILL, that is the nature of addiction. Your son is legally an adult but someone will have to intervene for this to end in a non-tragic manner. As to your question…the answer is that it depends on what an external person or group is willing to do to help the person.
Opiates were the end of the road for me. I was shooting Heroin by the time the pain got to be to great. I’m truly lucky to be alive today. I now have almost 2 1/2 years sober. For me, I wouldn’t stop until I was ready. There was nothing anyone could do or say to make me stop. The drugs had me on the streets (homeless) or living in crack houses. I had been in and out of jails and rehabs. I had lost all hope. I finally decided that enough was enough. I had been to AA/NA meetings before,but this time around was different. I got honest and found some people that were living a better life than I was. The program works for people who WANT it, not for those who NEED it. As for my Mom, she was my biggest enabler. She decided she had enough of my bullsh*t and had me arrested for having drugs in her home. Has your son been arrested before? The first time I was arrested because of drugs, they offered me rehab as opposed to jail. I was court stipulated and had to stay or do the time in jail. Remember if he has illegal drugs in your house, you will be in just as much trouble as if you were caught on the street with them. It may sound harsh but when my mom stopped helping me is when I had to learn to stand on my own two feet. *Contact me if you feel the need. I’ll keep you and your son in my prayers*
In my opinion Opiates are the worst when it comes to addiction, they are both physically, and psychologically dependent substances. Very rarely does someone make it out of these circumstances on their own. The only solution is to find him help. He needs to complete detox, and find a support group if not a personal counselor.