No, his father is not sadistic. He believes what the therapists are telling him hook, line and sinker. He is quite intelligent, but I think wants to take all precautions he can. Or I should say, the precautions being recommended by the rehab place.
You raise an interesting point about being an addict before admission. Yes, he thought and knew he had a problem and admitted that to me. He was seeing a therapist here at home and she told me that he truly needed help.
As far as the OD, he had three times the legal amount of alcohol in his system, opiates, benzos and he had taken mushrooms. Not a great combination...
As far as why a TBS, the therapsits at rehab think that this will give him a better chance at recovery than coming home or attending a small boarding school about 80 miles from my home. I am pushing for option #2 for a variety of reasons. My son believes he can be successful there. He is scared to death to go to Discovery and has cried when it has been discussed. He saw the DA Forum website with comments from former students before it was pulled.