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Old 07-24-2011, 06:16 PM   #25
Clodfobble
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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Originally Posted by Brianna
Rehab is ICU for addiction. It's not a cure; it's a stop-gap, last gasp. You have to want to be sober MORE than you want to be high.
I forget which famous person's daughter it was, some politician... she went straight to a bar within an hour of leaving 4 months of alcohol rehab, and got so drunk she passed out in the snow outside the bar and froze to death. For some people, permanent incarceration would be the only way to stop them from hurting themselves.
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