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[quote=Anonymous]My nephew is.  He was an elite HS athlete with several offers to play his sport at a Division I school.  He suffered a pretty bad injury that required surgery and got addicted to the pain pills afterwards and during his rehab.  He still got into the university and no one even knew he had a problem until late in his first year there.  Obtaining the pain pills illegally became too hard and expensive, so his dealer told him to try heroin, which was cheaper.

He was given a warning that academic probation would be enforced since he was missing and failing all of his classes, which meant his coach was alerted.  When his coach tried to contact him for a week with no luck, he finally went to his dorm where my nephew's roommate told him that he'd had a family emergency and left town.  The coach contacted my SIL & BIL, who were totally in the dark and confused.  My nephew's web of lies started unraveling.  It took them a trip to his university and filing a missing person's report to even find my nephew.  He hadn't been seen in weeks at that point and his phone was off.

They took him straight to rehab, but he was using again within weeks of being released.  They had to kick him out of the house because he was bringing in drugs and using them there with his younger siblings around.  He stole from them and other family members and even got violent with some.  My BIL sent a family-wide email that said, "in case you didn't know, ____ is a heroin addict who has relapsed after rehab and is in a bad place.  He's started stealing and become violent.  If he shows up at your house, do not let him in."  I can't even imagine having to write something so heartbreaking about your kid.

He was in and out of rehab several more times.  It wasn't until earlier this year when he OD'd that something clicked and he realized he really needed help.  He's been clean for almost 6 months, which is his longest stretch yet and everyone is hopeful.      [/quote]

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