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On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:58:34 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Rehab, any kind, is generally ineffective over the long haul.
People either decide to stop or they don't but you can't make them
if
they don't want to.

Right, so let's not even try, right?

The question is "how many times"?

The guy next door to me has been to rehab about 10 times, at tax payer
expense and it has not made a lick of difference. He calls it "going
to the spa"
This is the same guy who has been "Baker acted" about a dozen times
(involuntary assessment for "up to 72 hours")
He has that down to about 4 hours because he knows what to say.

They tried jail the last time and he was supposed to be locked up for
a while but I still see him walking around. (if you can call that
shuffling stumble "walking")

I tried to help for years but I gave up on him 3 arrests ago.
This guy can really tell a story and make you believe he wants to get
better but once a junkie, always a junkie.

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Yesterday I ran into a guy I know but had not seen in about a year.
He's an alcoholic and drug abuser. It culminated in a boating
accident where he was found partially responsible in another person's
death due to operating a boat while intoxicated. He didn't serve any
jail time but entered rehab. I've seen him off an on since and he
had remained totally sober. Until 3 months ago. After seven years
of not drinking, he was at a party and someone started making Mimosas.
All it took was one and he's back to drinking again. Sad.

And cigarettes are just as bad. Recently I ran into a friend of mine and
he was smoking, he hadn't smoked in at least 10 years. Asked him what
happened, he had a lot of stressful things going on in his life, and
"reached for an old, calming friend".

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