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darleneapd


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I have 2 days till my brother's intervention on Saturday morning. I'm a nervous wreck.
Keep me in your prayers. worry.gif

I know I have been absent here, and Ruby's called me a few times, I have just been so emotional, and not myself.

It's nothing any of you have done, and I mean that. I just sometimes want to be left alone.

BF and I aren't together again either. I didn't get much support from him on my brother's addiction, compassion, or help.

I'm just truly focused on getting the medical insurance needs, and research done for this intervention to be a success. I'm working w/ a psycho therapist, but she sometimes worries me with her experience with interventions.

I have 10 total people to be a part of the intervention. One of which is a very good friend of his, who is actually flying out tomorrow to be here.... it's amazing how much his friends love him. Even though he's lost contact w/ most of them since he started the devil's drug.

Please, please please pray for him, and all of us involved!!

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oh, and just so you can see what we all looked like, here's a picture of my brother, (who the intervention is for), Kaisha and I, just this past Christmas.



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Hope it all works out...thoughts & prayers are with ya!

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Thanks SG!!

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My thoughts and prayers will be with you on the day of your intervention.

I can only imagine how difficult and awkward a situation like that can be, particularly with family.

It won't be easy, but God bless you for trying to help your brother.  We can only pray he's willing to help himself.

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My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family Darlene.  Try to stay strong; it may be difficult to do right now and during the intervention, but if you can keep thinking to yourself "I'm doing this because I love him and care about him" it will help you tremendously. 

I'm so sorry your boyfriend couldn't/wouldn't stay around to offer you the support and encouragement you need right now.  But please know that we are all here for you, and will gladly offer you as much support, encouragement, and friendship as you need during this difficult time. 

I truly hope the intervention will be successful and help your brother realize what the drugs are doing not only to him, but also to all of the people in his life who love and care about him. 

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My best wishes are with you as always Darling.

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My thoughts are with you Darlene! Just remember if he shows feelings of disgust now, it's just the illness, he will truly be thankful one day trust me!

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I know things are really tough right now, Darlene, but stay strong - I truly believe your love and compasssion for your brother will be a powerful force to get him to think about how he is hurting himself and causing the suffering of others. it might not be evident right away, but I believe it will stay with him. I'll be praying for the best outcomes for you all! NMRK!

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Good luck Darlene! He's lucky to have friends and family who care enough to do that for him.

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My thoughts and prayers will be with you! Good luck!

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Prayers for you! Call me whenever you are ready.

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Thoughts and prayers for you and your family, Darlene. Prayers that your brother will find his way back to the people who love him...

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thank you for your kind words... I love you all....

You have all been so supportive, and I want to thank you. I could never live with myself if I did NOTHING. I am so not looking forward to tomorrow............ but I have to do it. It's all arrainged, there's no backing out now!

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Just wanted to say that I have been thinking about you Darlene.

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I hope he can see that this is for his own good.

Stay strong.



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I didnt get home from the hospital until 8PM tonight, and even then he wasn't done w/ all the medical and psychological testing.

My brother was overwhelmed by the love and support of his friend's and family here today at my house when he walked in. He wasnt combative or angry at all. He sat and listened to all of us. I cried... a lot!! His friends had amazing stories to tell about him.

Now for the good news... (I think), he told us he hadn't used drugs for awhile and he would go in for evaluation. But he told us before that he would probably test clean for drugs... AND HE DID. His blood and urine came back negative!! But he's not out of the woods, he had to do out patient treatment, NA meetings, and get medication and therapy for his depression.

He said one thing today that I want to share w/ you all... "How can someone love me, if I don't love myself"..... and that is so true. He knows he's depressed, and how he's changed, and he is fearful of finding a new job at his age, and finding a new person to share his life with.

It's baby steps..... I may have done a lot of work to get this intervention done today, however, the hardest work is yet to be done..... by him!!

Love you all..thankssmile.gif

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Oh and the Patriots won!! Yay!!

-- Edited by darleneapd at 22:30, 2008-01-12

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and tonight after he was discharged from the hospital, he went to spend the evening w/ 4 of his closest friends, and staying the night with them....... Keep him in your prayers please.aww.gif

-- Edited by darleneapd at 22:35, 2008-01-12

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That's FANTASTIC D! It sounds like the whole thing couldn't have gone better! I'm so happy for you and your family! I'll of course keep your brother in my prayers asking that he have the strength to stay clean.

It looks like ANOTHER Freeze-Frame MIRACLE! clap.gif

(Well, this one may be a stretch, but I'm gonna claim it for us anyway smile.gif)

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darleneapd


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Jeremy Riggs wrote:

That's FANTASTIC D! It sounds like the whole thing couldn't have gone better! I'm so happy for you and your family! I'll of course keep your brother in my prayers asking that he have the strength to stay clean.

It looks like ANOTHER Freeze-Frame MIRACLE! clap.gif

(Well, this one may be a stretch, but I'm gonna claim it for us anyway smile.gif)







that's stretching it!!wink.gif

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Glad things have worked out so far...as you know it's a long road....but at least he's on it now!

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Step by step Darlene...Little steps...hopefully in the right direction
Ts and Ps x

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