She's spent a fortune sending her 30 something son to treatment programs all over the United States.
And guess what? None of them worked. And now she can't afford to help him any longer because she's spent most of her savings.
I'm not insensitive, but I send her an honest answer with as much compassion as I can muster.
The problem is obvious I tell her. And has nothing to do with the programs. Probably the first program she sent him to would have helped him stay sober. He just didn't participate.
Any program will work for the motivated. And that's always the catch.
I promise that anyone who walks into a 12-step program and does what the literature says will stay clean.
We have a 100% money back guarantee that those who come to our program will stay sober if they do what we say.
When people go to a program and then continue getting high some blame it on the program. But the program didn't make them relapse. They did that on their own.
Using drugs or alcohol requires the participation of the user. No one ambushes us and forces us to use.
But somehow it's easier for those who love us to believe that the failure lies with the program instead of the addict.
