If addicts had a chance to hear the pain their families go through it might be easier for them to get into recovery.
I start out this way today because I began my morning fielding calls from anxious parents whose children had recently left our program for parts unknown.
One of the children, a young woman, was discharged from our program a few weeks ago because she was non-compliant and found in possession of drug paraphernalia. Apparently she had also been discharged from the program she entered after leaving us. And now the father was reaching out anywhere he could to locate her. I agreed to help and put the word out that her father was looking for her. We also said we’d accept her into our halfway house program.
The other, a young man from a Northern state, only stayed 24 hours before becoming angry and departing. His mother was concerned because she hadn't heard from him for a day. She feared that something bad had happened and was preparing to file a missing persons report. We said we'd call, should we hear anything of her son.
If either of these irresponsible addicts could hear the pain and suffering in their parents' voices they might have taken their recovery more seriously.
Hopefully they’ll return and have chance to do that.
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