Dr. Miller Newton
From: Madeira Beach, Fl
Posted: 2005-05-27 10:26:00 Sometimes "abuse" is imperative when dealing with the manipulative, obstinate and often downright ornery mind of the druggie... (addsig]
I disagree! A druggie WILL NOT change unless THEY want to. And no mater how much isolation, restraint, humiliation, confrontation, sleep/food deprivation, and other forms of abuse that these places use, they will not bring about any honest change until the user is ready to change. Abuse will only make that ol' druggie mind better at manipulating and give it all the more reason to be obstinate and ornery, give it all the more reason to feel victimized and relapse. Those in the field of teen help should teach by example, not by instilling fear, because then they only teach their abuse.