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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the sister's insurance situation?

Almost every insurance plan has some kind of substance abuse plan. Even Medicaid. It might be a little gritty. And it's quite common for insurance companies to kick people out of rehab after two weeks if they deem them detoxed and cured.

But what you want is detox and a stable environment for a few weeks as their brains and bodies readjust from addiction.

Check the insurance. The most important thing though is a willingness by the sister to be done with it and be committed to getting through those early weeks, which suck. The brain is not your friend at this time.

But I would not spend a nickel on someone who doesn't want to change. For a lot of people that got sucked into addiction, rehab is such a relief. Safe detox. A community of people dealing with the same thing. And they move on with their lives.

Some don't want the help though. And will relapse the moment they get out.

Does the sister feel like she's done with this road? If yes, there are options. If no, waste of money. [/quote]

No.  SIL does not have interest in getting off the meds.  [/quote]

And does not acknowledge that anything is wrong.  [/quote]

Oh- then why is DH trying to throw money at this problem?  Every recovered addict will tell you that you can only choose recovery for YOURSELF.  Not your spouse/kids/family/anyone else.  Google Rob Lowe and Robert Downey Jr, both of them have spoken openly about addiction and sobriety and how they finally got clean.  Your DH means well but needs a reality check.[/quote]

Yes, [b]I [/b]know this.  This is DH’s idea, not mine.  And I want to support him, but he at least needs to consider shopping around instead of throwing away thousands and thousands of dollars that we don’t even have like it’s nothing.  [/quote]

Does he even have a plan for you to approve? It sounds like he just wants moral support and instead you harp on his sister being awful and he shrugs. Maybe he just wants some acknowledgement from you that you consider his sister a human being worthy of living. If you did thwt, then you could open a conversation on spending limits and plans. [/quote]

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