i attended mms from jan 2004 until june of 2005. when i was there, i also was not allowed to have a call until i had finished writing my histories, and when i did, it was the conference call for my first history. so the first time i talked to my parents in about 2 months was my drug and alcohol history call. it was intense. we were allowed 2 8-minute calls a week, but half the time we would run out of time, or my therapist would cancel my call because of "bad behavior". at one point, i did not talk to my parents for 4 and a half months.
-kim