Thursday, March 26, 2009

Teenagers part II

Wow, sorry it's been so long in between posts, but let me tell ya why:

We got back from the beach (which was wonderful) and two days later we got a call from my husband's ex telling him to come and get his son. Evidently he ran away. So, we drove down to Florida and started looking for him. We finally found him the next day. He had been at some kids house doing drugs. He told us he had been doing marijuana, LSD, Percocet and inhaling keyboard air dusters. WOW!!! Anyway, we drove him up to Montgomery and the next day he was admitted into a rehab facility, where he's been ever since.

We got to drive up to the facility Monday and Wednesday (yesterday). It's a 3 hour drive, so we've spent quite a bit of time on the road. But we got to see him yesterday and that was worth the drive. This is our first experience with rehabs and I've heard so many stories of failure, but we're being very hopeful. Although, I realize that it doesn't really matter what we want, or what we do, it all depends on the choices HE makes. He's supposed to be in there until April 4th, and then he'll have a 90 day outpatient program, followed by a year long less intensive program.

Anyway, we're taking this one day at a time. If you're reading this and have had a family member go through something like this, I'm open for any advice/suggestions. In any event, keep our son in your thoughts and prayers.

PS I guess the book idea will have to be postponed for a little bit. Besides, we haven't been getting a huge response anyway.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Going to the beach

Our anniversary is Thursday so hubby and I are going to the beach. Gulf Shores, Alabama is a gorgeous beach town that the teenagers haven't taken over yet. If you're ever down that way I highly recommend "Pappa Roccos" (home of warm beer and lousy pizza). None of that is true, but the food is awesome. We'll also have to make it to "Florabama". It still hasn't quite recovered from the hurricane a couple years ago, but it's pretty much a requirement for any visitors to Gulf Shores. Just go by and you'll see what I mean. I'll get some pictures and post them on here, it can't be that hard to figure out????