Comments on: How do you commit someone to drug treatment against their will? http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/ Drug rehab blog from Gatehouse Academy. Gatehouse is a long term drug rehab and alcohol rehab and extended care treatment center for young adults offer the opportunity for young adults age 17-25 to recover from their dependencies. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Connie Wilbourn http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 Connie Wilbourn Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:33:10 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/#comment-1282 We are afraid our 18 year old grandaughter is useing meth and marjuanna (misspelled I know) what do we do can my daughter have her committed or does she have to go volentarally We need help dont know where to turn We are afraid our 18 year old grandaughter is useing meth and marjuanna (misspelled I know)
what do we do can my daughter have her committed or does she have to go volentarally
We need help dont know where to turn

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/comment-page-1/#comment-1258 Jennifer Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:00:25 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/#comment-1258 I am dealing with my 18 year old son and only child addicted to Xanax. He also has robbed and stolen from family and friends and is in the middle of court hearings one being a federal charge. I need to get him committed to a drug rehab before this get's out of control and lose my son either to death or prison. It's a shame we don't have a system where a family member can not get their loved ones committed. He has already been to rehab once for 45 days and was sober until 30 days out. As someone said before the government needs to crack down on pain management doctors and just your general practitioners that prescribe these pills. It's a shame you can walk into a doctors office and tell them you are having panic attacks and they don't think twice about filling a prescription for Xanax or other drugs in that family. This needs to stop! I am dealing with my 18 year old son and only child addicted to Xanax. He also has robbed and stolen from family and friends and is in the middle of court hearings one being a federal charge. I need to get him committed to a drug rehab before this get’s out of control and lose my son either to death or prison. It’s a shame we don’t have a system where a family member can not get their loved ones committed. He has already been to rehab once for 45 days and was sober until 30 days out. As someone said before the government needs to crack down on pain management doctors and just your general practitioners that prescribe these pills. It’s a shame you can walk into a doctors office and tell them you are having panic attacks and they don’t think twice about filling a prescription for Xanax or other drugs in that family. This needs to stop!

]]> By: Gabbie http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 Gabbie Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:25:33 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/#comment-1247 I am 20 years old and my mom is an alcoholic. I believe has also become addicted to prescribed medications. For the past year and a half her actions and decisions have tearing my family apart. When I'm not away at college I live at home with my Mom and my 16-year-old sister. I've done everything that I can think of to help my mom. She has lost her license, been arrested, been in a coma and almost died, and now child services are looking into our family because of my sister. But nothing is getting through to her. I don't know what to do to make her see what her actions are doing because she won't take responsibility for any of it. Right now as I write this even she is passed out in her bedroom and on days like this I just have to keep checking and make sure that she's still breathing. I don't feel comfortable living in my house with her. It's making my life a living hell every day. But if I leave, then she will be here alone with no one to look after her. I want to leave and send her a message that I can't be in her life when she's like this. but I'm the only one left and I feel like if I leave and then something terrible happens it's on my conscious because my being here could have stopped it. I just don't know what to do anymore. I am 20 years old and my mom is an alcoholic. I believe has also become addicted to prescribed medications. For the past year and a half her actions and decisions have tearing my family apart. When I’m not away at college I live at home with my Mom and my 16-year-old sister. I’ve done everything that I can think of to help my mom. She has lost her license, been arrested, been in a coma and almost died, and now child services are looking into our family because of my sister. But nothing is getting through to her. I don’t know what to do to make her see what her actions are doing because she won’t take responsibility for any of it.

Right now as I write this even she is passed out in her bedroom and on days like this I just have to keep checking and make sure that she’s still breathing. I don’t feel comfortable living in my house with her. It’s making my life a living hell every day. But if I leave, then she will be here alone with no one to look after her. I want to leave and send her a message that I can’t be in her life when she’s like this. but I’m the only one left and I feel like if I leave and then something terrible happens it’s on my conscious because my being here could have stopped it. I just don’t know what to do anymore.

]]> By: Geryy http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/comment-page-1/#comment-1115 Geryy Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:10:36 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/#comment-1115 I need some advice. Its my brother. He is divorced now but... He has three beautiful children and they are all suffereing cause of the choices he made in his life. I took these kids in as my own. They are mine. I have kids as well and can afford to take care of them however, I am not their dad and I see the hurt in them. I am not a Dr. but I think he is Bi Polar and addicted to oxycontin or whatever he gets his Drs to prescribe him. He sleeps all day and stays up all night. He is 34 and he is a really good person but if this makes any sense ...He is just an empty soul of what he used to be. He Misses every kids event etc. He just doenst care. He has a new girlfriend and hshe takes priority over everone. She is very nice and not the issue. I am sure you know the game. I dont need to explain. I told him I am here to help and would do anything to help him. I have everyhting set up for him but he just blames everything on his ex wife. Everyone is to blame but him. I understand divorces are ugly but he talks suicide constantly and I am so consumed with his well being I dont sleep, worry alll the time and am causing stress on my own family. Everyone has given up on him and I wont. I tried therapy but they just were more concerned about my insurance and it was so upsetting that she had a timer in her office that she set when I walked in and it was like I was just a number. I am just asking for some input on where I should look? what can I do? I am hopeless and afraid. I am a concerned brother who has all but given up. I need some advice. Its my brother. He is divorced now but… He has three beautiful children and they are all suffereing cause of the choices he made in his life. I took these kids in as my own. They are mine. I have kids as well and can afford to take care of them however, I am not their dad and I see the hurt in them. I am not a Dr. but I think he is Bi Polar and addicted to oxycontin or whatever he gets his Drs to prescribe him. He sleeps all day and stays up all night. He is 34 and he is a really good person but if this makes any sense …He is just an empty soul of what he used to be. He Misses every kids event etc. He just doenst care. He has a new girlfriend and hshe takes priority over everone. She is very nice and not the issue. I am sure you know the game. I dont need to explain. I told him I am here to help and would do anything to help him. I have everyhting set up for him but he just blames everything on his ex wife. Everyone is to blame but him. I understand divorces are ugly but he talks suicide constantly and I am so consumed with his well being I dont sleep, worry alll the time and am causing stress on my own family. Everyone has given up on him and I wont. I tried therapy but they just were more concerned about my insurance and it was so upsetting that she had a timer in her office that she set when I walked in and it was like I was just a number. I am just asking for some input on where I should look? what can I do? I am hopeless and afraid. I am a concerned brother who has all but given up.

]]> By: desperate http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 desperate Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:41:27 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/#comment-1090 You know JEFF ...... YOU ARE DUMB. Sorry if anyone on here supports him but Claudia you did the right thing. My mother and I just did the same thing to my sister on Friday. I also called CPS on her to have her kids taken away until she complies with the stipulations of our agreement that she attends a <a href="http://www.gatehouseacademy.com" rel="nofollow">drug rehab facility</a>. I fell terrible seeing her in cuffs and black and white stripes. But I feel better about that then I do seeing her or her children being lowered in the ground. I have struggled with trying to get her clean for 3 years and this is the only option that I see. I don't know what is right when it comes to this addiction, but I do know this.... She admits she wants help when she is coming down. When she is high she has NEVER used drugs and we are the crazy ones. She isn't just a typical addict she is the kind who goes into a psychosis. She is dillusional and lacks any real concept of reality. I wish these drugs didn't exist, but they do. Now we can only do what WE can do and that is take care of the kids and try to get her help. If she chooses to not take the help it is her choice and ONLY her choice. It's sad but the truth. Addiction is a hard thing to over come and she needs a foundation to build the rest of her life on. Would you build a house without a foundation? I know I wouldn't............. I wish there was some way that we as families could have help to get these addicts into a facility that will help them! It's sad how they can't get help when it is needed most. God Bless you all and your family members who are suffering from these terrible addictions. You know JEFF …… YOU ARE DUMB. Sorry if anyone on here supports him but Claudia you did the right thing. My mother and I just did the same thing to my sister on Friday. I also called CPS on her to have her kids taken away until she complies with the stipulations of our agreement that she attends a drug rehab facility. I fell terrible seeing her in cuffs and black and white stripes. But I feel better about that then I do seeing her or her children being lowered in the ground. I have struggled with trying to get her clean for 3 years and this is the only option that I see. I don’t know what is right when it comes to this addiction, but I do know this…. She admits she wants help when she is coming down. When she is high she has NEVER used drugs and we are the crazy ones. She isn’t just a typical addict she is the kind who goes into a psychosis. She is dillusional and lacks any real concept of reality. I wish these drugs didn’t exist, but they do. Now we can only do what WE can do and that is take care of the kids and try to get her help. If she chooses to not take the help it is her choice and ONLY her choice. It’s sad but the truth. Addiction is a hard thing to over come and she needs a foundation to build the rest of her life on. Would you build a house without a foundation? I know I wouldn’t…………. I wish there was some way that we as families could have help to get these addicts into a facility that will help them! It’s sad how they can’t get help when it is needed most.
God Bless you all and your family members who are suffering from these terrible addictions.

]]> By: Willow http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Willow Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:49:30 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/#comment-1015 My name is willow and I am 34 years old. My brother is 29 years old is married with three great kids. He has had some problems with prescription medications he started taking for back pain. He now is involved in other drugs. His wife kicked him out recently because he lied to her about going somewhere and he really went to go get more drugs and she caught him in a lie. I do not blame her at all, I would do the same thing. My brother has been like this for a couple of years stealing lying and who knows what else or even what all he has tried. My question is how do we (My mom, my siblings and his wife.) go about getting him help and into a treatment center if he is not willing to go. We are all planing to talk to him and try to get him to go on his own but what if he doesn't want to? And a reply to anonymous those thugs who offer drugs will get what they deserve if they haven't already. My name is willow and I am 34 years old. My brother is 29 years old is married with three great kids. He has had some problems with prescription medications he started taking for back pain. He now is involved in other drugs. His wife kicked him out recently because he lied to her about going somewhere and he really went to go get more drugs and she caught him in a lie. I do not blame her at all, I would do the same thing. My brother has been like this for a couple of years stealing lying and who knows what else or even what all he has tried. My question is how do we (My mom, my siblings and his wife.) go about getting him help and into a treatment center if he is not willing to go. We are all planing to talk to him and try to get him to go on his own but what if he doesn’t want to? And a reply to anonymous those thugs who offer drugs will get what they deserve if they haven’t already.

]]> By: merry h http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 merry h Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:40:51 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/#comment-1013 I am desperate to find out how to intervene with my brother's addiction and help him save his life. He is a meth addict, and tries to make his own with horrendous results recently. He is in a very bad way and dangerous to himself, physically he has burns from a chemical expolosion while making meth. Burns on his hand and leg require medical care that he won't go get, he was diagnosed last year and hospitalized with MRSA, and also has heptitis C now. He is a life time drug addict, starting as a teen, he always went for the hardest of drugs, mescaline, LSD, angeldust, cocaine, homeade crank, and now the worst drug I have ever seen, meth. Currently homeless, everyone has had it with his drug abuse and won't allow him to stay in their home, me included, he won't stop trying to make the stuff, no matter what you say to him if he is left alone any period of time he will try. No respect for your home or family, plus the danger, and he cannot be trusted around items of value, he will steal from anyone to supply his habit. Yet his attitude is like he thinks we all owe him time in our homes, he is angry because no one wants him around, keeps saying 'I am homeless, and sick and so and so won't even let me spend one night', well we are all concerned about theft, disease, and the danger of him cooking meth in our homes. But I know he is close to killing himself, or dying of infection, overdose, man, pick something and it is possible! Can he be involuntarily commited for his own good? We cannot help him but I do think that he can benefit from this. I am desperate to find out how to intervene with my brother’s addiction and help him save his life. He is a meth addict, and tries to make his own with horrendous results recently. He is in a very bad way and dangerous to himself, physically he has burns from a chemical expolosion while making meth. Burns on his hand and leg require medical care that he won’t go get, he was diagnosed last year and hospitalized with MRSA, and also has heptitis C now. He is a life time drug addict, starting as a teen, he always went for the hardest of drugs, mescaline, LSD, angeldust, cocaine, homeade crank, and now the worst drug I have ever seen, meth. Currently homeless, everyone has had it with his drug abuse and won’t allow him to stay in their home, me included, he won’t stop trying to make the stuff, no matter what you say to him if he is left alone any period of time he will try. No respect for your home or family, plus the danger, and he cannot be trusted around items of value, he will steal from anyone to supply his habit. Yet his attitude is like he thinks we all owe him time in our homes, he is angry because no one wants him around, keeps saying ‘I am homeless, and sick and so and so won’t even let me spend one night’, well we are all concerned about theft, disease, and the danger of him cooking meth in our homes. But I know he is close to killing himself, or dying of infection, overdose, man, pick something and it is possible! Can he be involuntarily commited for his own good? We cannot help him but I do think that he can benefit from this.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/comment-page-1/#comment-962 anonymous Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:13:40 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/#comment-962 I NEED HELP FOR MY 25 YEAR OLD SON HE IS FADING AWAY BEFORE MY EYES WHO CAN I CALL WHO WILL ASSIST TO COMMIT DOES NO ONE CARE I PROBALLY WILL BE CALLING AN AMBULANCE SOONER OR LATER I BELIEVE HE IS ADDICTED TO CRACK COCAINE AND RECENTLY HAS GOOGLE HOW TO GET HIGH OFF SPRAY PAINT WHICH CAN CAUSE INSTANT DEATH I NEED HELP I NEED HELP I NEED HELP I NEED HELP EVERY LIFE IS SPECIAL AND ALL YOU THUGS WHO OFFER DRUGS TO DEPENDANT DRUG ADDICTS I HOPE YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE ONE DAY I NEED HELP FOR MY 25 YEAR OLD SON HE IS FADING AWAY BEFORE MY EYES WHO CAN I CALL WHO WILL ASSIST TO COMMIT DOES NO ONE CARE I PROBALLY WILL BE CALLING AN AMBULANCE SOONER OR LATER I BELIEVE HE IS ADDICTED TO CRACK COCAINE AND RECENTLY HAS GOOGLE HOW TO GET HIGH OFF SPRAY PAINT WHICH CAN CAUSE INSTANT DEATH I NEED HELP I NEED HELP I NEED HELP I NEED HELP EVERY LIFE IS SPECIAL AND ALL YOU THUGS WHO OFFER DRUGS TO DEPENDANT DRUG ADDICTS I HOPE YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE ONE DAY

]]> By: kim http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/comment-page-1/#comment-945 kim Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:51:49 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/#comment-945 this is for jeff....how dare you call that woman claudia a monster???? she did the best thing for her son..i would have done the same thing and to be honest i would of piled some fake chares on him too,just to keep him in there longer!!!!! at least she knows where he is at nite!!! im a recovering heroin addict..10 yrs i used and im clean for 5 now...my mom did the same thing to me...you do what you otta do to save your childs lie!!jeff, you must not have any kids and you must be an addict yourself to say something like that...grow up,hopefully youll never have to be in that situation!!!...claudia,you did the right thing for your boy..keep doing it!!!! this is for jeff….how dare you call that woman claudia a monster???? she did the best thing for her son..i would have done the same thing and to be honest i would of piled some fake chares on him too,just to keep him in there longer!!!!! at least she knows where he is at nite!!! im a recovering heroin addict..10 yrs i used and im clean for 5 now…my mom did the same thing to me…you do what you otta do to save your childs lie!!jeff, you must not have any kids and you must be an addict yourself to say something like that…grow up,hopefully youll never have to be in that situation!!!…claudia,you did the right thing for your boy..keep doing it!!!!

]]> By: jpq http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/comment-page-1/#comment-883 jpq Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:58:27 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/05/14/how-do-you-commit-someone-to-drug-treatment-against-their-will/#comment-883 good for you claudia jail is better then the alternative a pine box and sometimes they even get counseling god bless you all good for you claudia
jail is better then the alternative a pine box
and sometimes they even get counseling
god bless you all

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