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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Discharge is planned for next week. The treatment facility has been supportive and has held multiple team treatment meetings throughout my daughters stay. Can you really prepare for such an event though? As parents often say, "There is no rule book for raising children." There certainly is not a rule book for dealing with a 14 year old who is addicted to rugs and alcohol.

We have been granted several passes for part of or a whole day the past week. Sarah is excited, positive and ready to move on to this new adventure of teenage life without the influence of mind altering chemicals. I am terrified. Sure I have the hope and belief in my beautiful daughter, but as a Mom who has traveled down this long road, I can never be too lax. I must, if I want to keep my daughter safe, keep an ever vigilant eye. Isn't that what all parents do though?Any parent who cares for their child whether the Mom looking after their toddler who is now getting into everything and you find yourself locking more cabinets and child proofing everything in sight, or a Mother of a newly admitted college graduate who worries about how their now, adult/child is adjusting. My Mom tells me every time I speak with her that she still worries about me.

With discharge right around the corner, I worry, and prepare the best I can. That's what a Mom does. It's my job.
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