You all are fucking crazy.....I just left Aspen Ranch and it was absolutely amazing! No they didn't TEACh me to say these things or brain wash me either. I spent a fair time in R&R and I got in plenty of trouble. but AR saved my fucking life! Please don't bash on things you have no first hand experience with!!!!!! :exclaim: :exclaim: :exclaim:
I've never seen a more ignorant bunch than those of you on this site. Most kids there came from AAA (the wilderness program) and over 90% LOVED it and would go back if they could! Suck it up...just because you don't agree with it....people who have been there KNOW THE TRUTH!!!!!!! :exclaim: :exclaim:
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It is fine to hear that they have been able to control a problem you have been dealing with.
But it was a battle won, not an entire war. The war is about to start, when you leave a structured environment, where you were isolated from whatever threat, you were up against.
It is now, that you have to face your problem head on. They have given you a time-out, perhaps even a well-needed rest. They have NOT saved your life.
It is only you that can save your own life by the decisions you make. Not me, not your parents, no the guys on this message board, not Aspen Ranch - but YOU!
You could have been spared from the stay at the Ranch, if your entire family had joined forced and cornered you by an intervention followed by a home based program. It would have prevented you from experience the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder; you would feel the effects from in some years.
But they did not choose to deal with the problem, but bought a package deal instead like they would buy a car. And it is somehow understandable, because dealing with problems of this kind is demanding if communication is not an issue in a home. Because nobody should be committed beyond their abilities, you should never blame them.
But as I have state above, nobody but YOU can save your life. So hang in there.