Drug Rehab Treatment
Was anyone here put into a drug rehab as a teenager?
I was wondering if anyone here was ever placed in a Drug Treatment Clinic when they were a teenager. If so, do you think that the experience was helpful or harmful or neither? Did the experience change your life in any way that is tangible today? Be honest and try not to cuss. Have an awesome day!
Love, Melissa
Yes ma’am, I was. I was 14. It changed my life for the better. I got to see some people in there much more worse off than me and it opened my eyes. The most memorable was a mother and her son both in there at the same time for crack. The father didn’t even drink and he was so supportive. That was the mother’s 3rd time, the son’s 1st. It was heart-wrenching to see them in family meetings. I didn’t want to put my parents through that anymore. The outpatient meetings after the inpatient was also very helpful. It was extremely uplifting to be around peers that were going through the same thing as me. I had people to talk to that understood. The counselors were all recovering addicts as well, so that was a big factor. I felt I could trust them, and of course, they could relate. The relationship I had with my parents after Drug Rehabilitation has never been better. It also put a new spin on life for me. I can now recognize scum and manipulators right away because I’ve been there, done that. Hope this reply is what you’re looking for. You have an awesome day, too.
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