Yes 10 tries at treatment are enough and I told him that. I think he has really done some damage to his brain and tried to get him assessed recently. But, our medical system does not want to go this route and they just turned us away. My feeling is if something is not working you need to try something different. My son just doesn't get it. Either he doesn't want to, or his brain is screwed up so much from the drug abuse that he can't.

He was in the hospital so long because his hand got infected. It was quite deep and they had to put a pin in. The hand was quite deformed. Because he is a drug addict they keep the IV in longer as they can't trust him to take anti-biotics when he gets out. They are right about that. He does not take medication properly. Either he doesn't take it at all, or he takes it all at once.

Jail is not the answer for many and there are so many people with mental health issues in jail. In my opinion they just get worse in there. Either they get hardened and meet up with worse criminals who they get together with on the outside. Or they become traumatized by being victimized and their mental health issues get worse.

As for my son, I don't know what is going on with him as he is a really good manipulator. I do believe that he cannot take care of himself and needs to go somewhere, but where? He cannot cope with daily living, paying rent, working etc. he gets overwhelmed at the least bit of stress and then just goes straight for the drugs. Having to pay rent and budget is too much stress for him. He just spends all of his money and then gets evicted.

This is just going to continue being a revolving door from jail, treatment, the street. I see no end in sight and that is what is depressing me so. Until he is assessed which is next to impossible he will continue to make lousy dangerous choices.

I think a two year sentence is the only way to go for him if the court gives him that much. They always give him not enough time and then he gets no help. Over two years in a corrections center will allow them to assess him and provide treatment. He will also be clean for two years which will be a plus. He has not been clean for more than a few months at a time and that was when he was in jail.

Kate