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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is she not in rehab?[/quote]

How much experience do you have with what rehab is, how long you can be there, what it costs, how you get someone there, etc.? From my experience, people who ask this question have no idea what they are talking about, but saw a movie once where a mom went to rehab at the movie climax and everyone lived happily ever after. Pure fiction.[/quote]

Agreed.  We have several members of our extended family who have addictions.  We have been fortunate as a family that they've been able to pay for their own rehab treatments.  It is very expensive and most people do not have that luxury.

Unfortunately, people outside of the addiction world tend to think that rehab is a good and permanent fix.  For our family members, rehab has not been a one and done experience.  Addictions are complex and life-long conditions.  It is why someone in AA, who hasn't had a drink in years, will introduce him- or herself as "Hello, I am Larla and I am an alcoholic."[/quote]

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