Steph, I am so sorry that this situation with your brother has gotten kind of scary. I hope everything levels out and starts to run the right way.
Thinking good thoughts for you, your brother and your family.
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
'Never Leave Me'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Strix - May 15, 2012 10:40:56 am PDT #13329 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Scrappy - May 15, 2012 10:43:52 am PDT #13330 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Me too, Teppy.
Steph L. - May 15, 2012 11:14:20 am PDT #13331 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Thanks, you guys. SO MUCH.
I talked to him about half an hour ago -- his wife got home from work, they went to (IIRC) a walk-in substance abuse clinic, the clinic people evaluated him and immediately sent him to the hospital to be admitted for 3-4 days. He doesn't know yet whether, at the end of those 3-4 days, he'll be in an inpatient rehab program or an outpatient program. I guess they'll figure that out as he detoxes.
I know he has a long haul in front of him, but this immediate withdrawal/detox period is so scary, he just needed to get medical help. That's what I was most scared about. I am SO RELIEVED. I have no words for how relieved I am.
-t - May 15, 2012 11:16:38 am PDT #13332 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's a huge relief, Tep, I'm glad he's under care.
beekaytee - May 15, 2012 11:22:01 am PDT #13333 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Blessings on you all, Steph.
Thank GOODness he is in care. It will be a long, rough haul but getting over the medical crisis makes all the rest doable.
flea - May 15, 2012 11:23:00 am PDT #13334 of 30001
information libertarian
Excellent news. I am so relieved.
JZ - May 15, 2012 11:27:58 am PDT #13335 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, Tep, I'm so glad. Many gold stars to the walk-in clinic for getting him the care he needed right away.
Ginger - May 15, 2012 11:33:09 am PDT #13336 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That's such a relief.
sumi - May 15, 2012 11:39:31 am PDT #13337 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I'm glad to hear that your brother is getting help too.
Burrell - May 15, 2012 11:44:54 am PDT #13338 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Thanks for checking in Steph, what a relief to know he's been admitted.