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Odyssey House, SLC

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Oscar:
I have been wondering.

What is her strong side? What kind of interests does she have? Art, music etc?

I was thinking of a normal boarding school a kind of exotic place like in Europe?

Of course she cannot go there without being detoxed, so a little stint in a wilderness is needed. Without recommending a specific program I would look at a family-oriented program. We know that wilderness programs are killers and we also know that a night in the wilderness at the end doesn't give the parents any knowledge of how hard it is. So you have to go into the program from the very start. It will be hard for you with your luggage but it is exactly why you have to go with her. She will be able to see how hard it affects you.

I have not been in a program, but was it one of my kids, who were using, I would bring a close relative to Sweden with that knowledge where we will hike with the child interupted by some exercises. We would simply pay for a time on a high rope course with an instructor when the drugs is out of the blood stream. Then I would find a normal boarding school near family-members or friends living far away, so there are some people I can have reporting local gossip back to me. This boarding school should include some activities which she is interested in, so she can pursue those. It will help keeping her thoughts away from the addictions.

I can not say anything bad about the Odyssey House, but I can see that they use a level system. You know first hand what a level system includes of risk. You have to think about how you can reach her while she is sleeping in their version of the "phaser room".

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