I need to get my son into rehab for Dilaudid addiction. Need some advice [View all]
He's 19 been addicted for 5-6 months - I just found out Monday. Lives at home with his Dad and me.
No, I didn't know he was using. Thought he was just a bum and pot head. silly me.
When caught he confessed everything and saying that he's glad I found out - that the guilt has been killing him.
He'd taken every narcotic in the house. My 5 year old bottle of Vicodin #90 tabs that I have been saving
for an emergency is gone along with his 2 guitars, an amp and a few hundred dollars I had in a drawer.
The last few days have been pretty rough on all of us.
Withdrawal (here at home) has been(surprisingly) pretty mild physically
- he had a couple of Xanax to help and I had a Valium
that he didn't find. He looks and sounds better today than he has in months.
So I got on the phone to get a rehab lined up and now they won't take him in a
residential program because he's clean.
Insurance will only pay for residential if he needs Detox.
They will pay for intensive outpatient therapy....
10 hrs a week and some of these places just take them to AA meetings as part of it.
What the Hell?
Any comments? suggestions?
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