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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.[/quote]

If you are dealing with a fairly recent substance abuse issue I think that removing the kid from the environment that is enabling the addiction might be helpful.  Putting that kid into some kind of rehab facility with a bunch of hard core addicts doesn't sound like a good plan to me.

I guess it depends on how deeply ingrained the habit is.  I would totally take my kid to an isolated area for awhile where they couldn't just walk someplace to find drugs and/or alcohol.

I would even have someone drop us off and leave us both stranded.  Yes, you would be taking a chance that something could go horribly wrong but not dealing with it or putting your kid into some sort of rehab with hard core addicts could go horribly wrong, too.

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