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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone ever tried to take their kid to a remote cabin somewhere for a few months - where they are completely away from drugs/alcohol and negative influences.  No internet, no cell phones - just fresh air, lots of water and healthy activities (like hiking, swimming, reading, cooking).

The first few weeks might be awful for them but after awhile wouldn't they start to adjust physically and mentally to being substance free?

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And then what?[/quote]

Get through the initial crisis.  Establish some healthier outlets - exercising (running, rock climbing, swimming, kayaking).

And then assess where you need to go from there.  Counseling?  12 step meetings?  Moving to another town/enrolling in a different school?  Whatever you think you need to do.[/quote]

Putting someone with an acute addiction in this situation (cabin in the woods or farm in the middle of nowhere) only leads to desperation and acts that put their lives in danger.  And if you think there are no drugs in the countryside, you have GOT to be kidding.  There is a huge addiction problem in rural America.

Most addicts can obtain drugs more or less immediately.  Your child will simply leave the cabin, farm etc and put him or herself in a dangerous situation.  This includes selling their bodies if they need to.  Your idea that you can somehow isolate the addiction out of them is naive and dangerous.

Do you have any relatives that farm?  Drop teen off at 7:00 am to work and pick teen up at 5:00 pm.  Outside work is very therapeutic. Farmers
wife brings out large lunch in middle of the day.  Drive kid out to Frederick County farm and pick him up at end of day. There is a shortage of farm hands
and outside work if very therapeutic.  Believe me, kid will be too tired to party. The work is 6 days a week.

My boyfriend worked summers in high school and college for a farmer baling hay, cleaning out silos, and painting the exterior bolts on silos.[/quote][/quote]

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