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Phoenix House - Texas

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hanzomon4:

--- Quote from: ""otherside"" ---Phoenix House is a "chain" of treatment facilities.  You can find them in many areas of the country.  So far as I know, they are above-board etc, although I'm not personally acquainted with them.  Your post is the first I've heard of Building Bridges. My recollection is that regulation in Montana is not the tightest in the country, which could allow for some innovative good programs, but could also allow for less-desirable operations.


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 :scared:
Not that I believe in regulation anymore, but what a load of crap. Medical care is tightly regulated yet innovation abounds. The idea that laws hold programs back is bullshit.

Mel0731, hasn't your son already been to a few programs?

Anonymous:
Yea - Mel's son was in a Texas program;  She was posting before because the father was enrolling the son at Discovery Academy.

What's going on, Mel?
Did you withdraw him from this placement at Discovery Academy?
Does your attorney ex-husband still have control over where this boy is placed?

Why can't your son get care in your home state; hometown on an out-patient basis?

mel0731:
Good memory...Yes, at one time, my ex-husband was pushing Discovery.  My son ended up attending Sundown Ranch in TX for 77 days.  He has been home since mid-March.  When he first returned home, he seemed very eager to continue his recovery.  In the last 90 days, he has really been slipping.  Mainly, according to him, his primary vice is alcohol.  As far as resources close to home, he is seeing a therapist once a week and is in a group session once a week that the therapist leads.  Does he want to quit?  I would say no.  He feels like he can continue to drink and he has control, however, every time he drinks, he gets plastered.  He is 16..Any help or guidance would be appreciated...

Mel

Covergaard:
These are the numbers for Danish youth between 13 and 15:

http://www.espad.org/sa/node.asp?node=652

and we can produce less killed in fights by gun and knife, less killed by DUI, less youth in jail and less in Rehab.

Our youth have so much self-control that they are watch each others back and call the parents when one of their buddies have passed out. They care about, how they look when they are drunk and stop in time or have asked their buddies to stop them.

And then they mature very fast and drop the bringe drinking when they discover that they are lacking behind and would end up having a McJob career, if they do not sober up.

So if your child is behaving like an European, perhaps he should come to the place and learn from equals that you can drink, but you will end up loosing oppotunities in life. It is cheaper to try this solution than months of stay at a TBS.

mel0731:
C - Thanks for the site.  I reviewed and it looks like it has some good info.  I was in Denmark this past summer.   Just lovely!

mel

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