He Said He Wanted Rehab I Said Yes Yes Yes!

I have to blog about this. As hard and bad and dirty this nightmare has been, I know I'm not alone in this drug infected world.
Nick is at last in rehab and getting the help he so badly needs. His whole life has been on a down ward spiral since he was 15 Now at the age of 22 the problems have gotten much worse. In all my life I have never seen a kid with the luck Nick has. The trouble has gone on and on and on. I'm just a bug in a wind tunnel with no power to control it. My words have meant nothing all these years and Nick has pretty much fucked up everything he has touched. Then came last summer. He was doing so well working for the Reverend. He had a lovely girlfriend and was productive and happy. For three months he was in a mentally great place and I thought there might be a light at the end of his shit hole of a tunnel. Then the job ended and the girlfriend dumped him and its been all down hill from there. He got a DWI two Saturdays ago landing him in Madison County Jail. Luckily his father was in town and together we bailed him out and got him to the hospital to detox. A very scary long day. But, it brought him and I and Nick's father closer together. There was a lot of love seeping out of the destruction.
I can't even begin to go into detail of everything that has gone down this last week as my head is spinning and I have a lot of healing myself to do. A woman by the name of Janet Gillette at the medicaid office has pushed his application for medicaid through allowing Nick to enter rehab and will cover his medical expenses. And the bills are coming in. Oh my god. I'm thinking Janet is distantly related to good ole Chester, and Chester is working his magic helping my hoodlum kid out. It's crazy I know but I totally believe in coincidences.
So, the back boy bedroom from hell has been once again shoveled out and cleaned. All Nick's clothing and bedding, laundered and all his stuff organized. He will not be returning from rehab to live at 1038 Williams Road. He goes to Maine with his father. I've done all I can do and I'm done. Its a new beginning for the both of us. And about time.