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Has anybody been to Daytop lately?

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girlfriend:
My boyfriend is there, in adult Daytop.  Everything I read about is teens and 10 years ago.  What's it like now?
Scoundrels are predictable, but you're a man of honor and that frightens me.
Robert Heinlein, Glory Road.
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Antigen:
I dunno. Can you talk to him at all? Write letters? Would you know if they were sort of self censored?
The Internet is now safe for free speech.
-- Christopher A. Hansen on the overturning of the Communications Decency Act

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girlfriend:
No, I haven't heard a word in two months.  I was told he can't write or call becuz we used to drink together, and they know that.  I'm straight now, and wondering what's happening to him.
May your days be joyously challenging and your words artfully true.
--Ginger Warbis
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odie:
Sounds like nothing has changed since I was there 5 years ago. First off who told you that he can't speak to you because you drank together? If you are now sober you should be able to get screened by their staff to be able to communicate with your boyfriend. Have you written to him and not had the letters returned to you unopened? If not then do it so you can know that he is at least there or not. Federal law forbids anyone from interfering with the U.S. Mail. Try to contact his counselor to see how he is doing. Just pray that they afforded him the oppurtunity to sign a release of confidentiality for you to know his status in treatment otherwise you are basically screwed because then they won't and can't even acknowledge that he is there.
All thinking men are atheists.
--Ernest Hemingway, American author
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Anonymous:
Thanks, I appreciate any info I can get.  First, I have no way of knowing which Daytop center he is at, only that he is in NY.  He called me just before he went into "intake" and said he'd write or call.  Nothing.  Next, I am not on speaking terms w/his family, they hate me... very long story.  I'm not too fond of them either.  I am so afraid I'll get him in trouble if I give them my name.  I've called and asked, and immediately they want to know my name.  I'm afraid I'll get him in trouble from everything I've read... He probably didn't sign a confidientality agreement for me... he was freaked out when I last talked to him, and said he was just going to do what they said until he could get out of there, and get some sort of "certificate" of graduation to keep from going to jail.  He is 24yo, in "adult treatment".  I have no contacts and I'm wondering if maybe he found another girlfriend in there!  Maybe I'm being dumped and I'm just stupied. It's been almost 2 months.  I really just want to know if he wanted to, could he get ahold of me or not?  Can he get to a phone or write letters?  Any input would be more appreciated than you can ever know.

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