Hi, everyone
My son's preliminary hearing to see if there is enough evidence to go further is tomorrow (12/15) at 1:15. Please pray that the judge and those involved see that he is sick and needs rehab more than jail time. He had no criminal record prior to the drugs. Please, please pray for him too. Because they found a needle when he was admitted to the prison, he was put "in the hole" and prison court decided he had to stay there for 60 days (unless we get him out on bail). He seems like he's getting desperate being in that situation. It tears me up to see him there. He's lost about 10 pounds since he went in about 15 days ago. Please, please pray!
Love,
Susan
Hey Susan, are they keeping your son in "the hole" for 60 days? If so, that's terrible! You must be worried sick. I can't even imagine how upset I would be if that were one of mine. I'll be sure and add you and your son to my prayers tonight. The best of luck to you both. Love, Kat
I have been reading your postes I will be praing for your son and your family and most of all hes well being I have a good feeling the courts will be kind to your son if it is hes frist offense . truly prayer is sent to you ..love poopie
Aww Susan,
That is horrible, I hope and pray he gets the help he needs. I know jail time doesn't help people with drug abuse. They get out and still have the mentality to use again ya know. Not really hat I call rehab? I have a very good friend of mine that has already done 2 yrs of a 3 yr sentence and I had to write a letter to the judge the other day for an early release. I know it is hard and especially around the holidays. I will say a prayer for him and your family tonight. Keep us posted. You are in my thoughts! Rachel
That is horrible, I hope and pray he gets the help he needs. I know jail time doesn't help people with drug abuse. They get out and still have the mentality to use again ya know. Not really hat I call rehab? I have a very good friend of mine that has already done 2 yrs of a 3 yr sentence and I had to write a letter to the judge the other day for an early release. I know it is hard and especially around the holidays. I will say a prayer for him and your family tonight. Keep us posted. You are in my thoughts! Rachel
Susan, I am sorry to hear that. I haven't really kept up on the situation, but I know that here, if you are a first time offender with no violence, they give you drug court, which is a form of treatment, instead of jail time.
God will help in these matters, and he will walk out with 60 days clean. I would be going crazy if that were my son, and my prayers go out to you. I hate watching my kids hurt, in any way..
Please know that God will help in this matter....
And maybe this will send him a message that using just isn't worth it, and save him alot of the hell we went through.
Hugs to you,
Kerry
God will help in these matters, and he will walk out with 60 days clean. I would be going crazy if that were my son, and my prayers go out to you. I hate watching my kids hurt, in any way..
Please know that God will help in this matter....
And maybe this will send him a message that using just isn't worth it, and save him alot of the hell we went through.
Hugs to you,
Kerry
dear dev -
with all my heart, it is my prayer that the power of love and reason prevails in that courtroom today.
please check in later when you get a moment and let us know what happens.
i will hold you and your son very close in my thoughts and prayers today.
namaste'
sammy
with all my heart, it is my prayer that the power of love and reason prevails in that courtroom today.
please check in later when you get a moment and let us know what happens.
i will hold you and your son very close in my thoughts and prayers today.
namaste'
sammy
Morning Susan,
I woke this morning....thinking of you. I knew today was the day of your sons hearing.
My prayers are coming as they have since the beginning.....today I shall add a few more........
Love,
Tina
I woke this morning....thinking of you. I knew today was the day of your sons hearing.
My prayers are coming as they have since the beginning.....today I shall add a few more........
Love,
Tina
Hi Susan,
I'm so sorry for what you and your son is going through. I will be praying for both of you. Trust God, everything is going to work out.
Love,
Liz
I'm so sorry for what you and your son is going through. I will be praying for both of you. Trust God, everything is going to work out.
Love,
Liz
Susan, I haven't ever really been in trouble with the law (except for accidentally bringing a gun in the airport about 8 yrs ago, way before 9-11, wasn't flying, forgot it was in my purse.... anyway, I got it all dropped), so I'm not sure how they will handle your son's case or how things will go. I will keep my fingers crossed for you and keep you in my thoughts and prayers today that everything goes well and your son gets the help he needs!
Susan, please let us know what happens. I'm praying for you and your son right now.
Susan,
I am so sorry to hear about your son's situation. It has to be very tough on you, as well. You and your are in my thoughts and prayers. God bless you. Please have faith. I wish you all the best.
Love,
Marie
Hi, everyone
May God bless you for all your kindness to my son and I! If you only knew how much you are helping us get through this!
Sorry I couldn't let you know what happened at the hearing sooner than this. When we got home, I had to fix dinner, then highlight my daughter's and son's hair for her picture today, then watch Angelina for Juliet to study for a test today. I didn't even get a chance to call my own sister back before her bedtime.
The night before the hearing, I went to talk to the guy whose truck my son took for the job. Believe it or not he was a very close friend of my son for grades K-8. (that was God's intervention, I know it!) Anyway, after he slept on it and God softened his heart, he agreed to withdraw the charge against my son that pertained to him. We agreed to restore his venicle.
This was Harry's preliminary hearing. On the advice of the Public Defender, he waived his right to a preliminary hearing. He will be formally arraigned on 1/20/05. The Judge reduced his bail to unsecured and required that he get help from Pre-trial. The charge I was talking about earlier wasn't dropped completely, just reduced to unauthorized taking because the DA wouldn't allow it to be dropped completely. The PD said we may be able to drop it for the next hearing.
All in all it went pretty smoothly thanks to your thoughts and prayers. I will write more when I'm not falling asleep! God bless!!!
Love,
Susan
May God bless you for all your kindness to my son and I! If you only knew how much you are helping us get through this!
Sorry I couldn't let you know what happened at the hearing sooner than this. When we got home, I had to fix dinner, then highlight my daughter's and son's hair for her picture today, then watch Angelina for Juliet to study for a test today. I didn't even get a chance to call my own sister back before her bedtime.
The night before the hearing, I went to talk to the guy whose truck my son took for the job. Believe it or not he was a very close friend of my son for grades K-8. (that was God's intervention, I know it!) Anyway, after he slept on it and God softened his heart, he agreed to withdraw the charge against my son that pertained to him. We agreed to restore his venicle.
This was Harry's preliminary hearing. On the advice of the Public Defender, he waived his right to a preliminary hearing. He will be formally arraigned on 1/20/05. The Judge reduced his bail to unsecured and required that he get help from Pre-trial. The charge I was talking about earlier wasn't dropped completely, just reduced to unauthorized taking because the DA wouldn't allow it to be dropped completely. The PD said we may be able to drop it for the next hearing.
All in all it went pretty smoothly thanks to your thoughts and prayers. I will write more when I'm not falling asleep! God bless!!!
Love,
Susan
Hi everyone,
My son didn't want us to have to put the money out for bail, so he asked how he could get unsecure bail. They said he could get it if he agreed to comply with Pre-Trial Services. They are something like probation. They require weekly random urine tests, have once a week check-ins, they can require a drug rehab evaluation (which they did), etc. They warned my son if he doesn't comply or if they find drugs in his urine, his butt will be back in jail and he will sit there until they want to be bothered with him. He doesn't want that in ANY way! He said it was HORRIBLE in there!!!! He said that sex offenders are hated in there, so the guards let the inmates know what they're in for and then the inmates bloody them up while the guards turn their heads.
He is on day 17 of his withdrawal and not feeling well today. He said that every part of him aches. Is tha typical for this far into the withdrawal? I called the doctor and he's to call me back tomorrow morning. I hope he can help him!!!
I can tell I'm very edgy...worried that he will try to get some drugs although he said he has no intention. I hope and pray he means it! I read a VERY interesting article tonight.
http://www.counselormagazine.com/di...ne_Theraphy.asp
Let me know what you think? The deficiency of D-Phenylalanine shows many of the addictions my son has.
Well, I better go check into this further. Take care and God bless!
Love,
Susan
My son didn't want us to have to put the money out for bail, so he asked how he could get unsecure bail. They said he could get it if he agreed to comply with Pre-Trial Services. They are something like probation. They require weekly random urine tests, have once a week check-ins, they can require a drug rehab evaluation (which they did), etc. They warned my son if he doesn't comply or if they find drugs in his urine, his butt will be back in jail and he will sit there until they want to be bothered with him. He doesn't want that in ANY way! He said it was HORRIBLE in there!!!! He said that sex offenders are hated in there, so the guards let the inmates know what they're in for and then the inmates bloody them up while the guards turn their heads.
He is on day 17 of his withdrawal and not feeling well today. He said that every part of him aches. Is tha typical for this far into the withdrawal? I called the doctor and he's to call me back tomorrow morning. I hope he can help him!!!
I can tell I'm very edgy...worried that he will try to get some drugs although he said he has no intention. I hope and pray he means it! I read a VERY interesting article tonight.
http://www.counselormagazine.com/di...ne_Theraphy.asp
Let me know what you think? The deficiency of D-Phenylalanine shows many of the addictions my son has.
Well, I better go check into this further. Take care and God bless!
Love,
Susan
I truly, truly don't know how I would get through this without all of you. You are so special!
Love,
Susan
Love,
Susan
Susan - thanks so much for sharing this info here. Your son is very lucky to have you! From what you've written it seems like your son is "getting it". Taking responsibility for bond, agreeing to submit to urine test, etc. So hopefully he has hit his "bottom", and will continue on his path to recovery. I've never been in prison, never want to visit a prison, perhaps his experience there set him straight. As to the discomfort at 17 days, it can take up to a month to really feel "well" for many people. I didn't sleep right for almost 3 weeks myself. But it's best to let a doctor look at him, and take it from there.
God bless;
Jim
PS - thanks for the link...I've never seen that magaine. You've given me another resource to check into. Awesome!
God bless;
Jim
PS - thanks for the link...I've never seen that magaine. You've given me another resource to check into. Awesome!
Dev,
good to hear from you..
my only caution to you is this ...it might take a while to get this legal stuff all moving any more forward and after the holidays and the hussle dies down your son might have a lot of idol time... this will be a danger for him I would suspect... He needs to start to fill those times with some sort of program... I will not preach NA/AA.... though that would be my suggestion.... but he deffinately need to change his playgrounds playmate and playthings.. getting clean believe it of not is the easy part... and the legal problems are the short term problems that will be dealt with... this addiction and his recovery is the long term problem that is a life time process... it is not a simple cleaning out of the system and then it is easy street... I know you understand that and you have to deal with the first things first but might I strongly suggest starting a program of counseling now... before he gets a craving he cant handle because the bad memory of jail will fade... trust me I know... been there... as have many others...
just my thoughts.. God bless ....
Teresa
good to hear from you..
my only caution to you is this ...it might take a while to get this legal stuff all moving any more forward and after the holidays and the hussle dies down your son might have a lot of idol time... this will be a danger for him I would suspect... He needs to start to fill those times with some sort of program... I will not preach NA/AA.... though that would be my suggestion.... but he deffinately need to change his playgrounds playmate and playthings.. getting clean believe it of not is the easy part... and the legal problems are the short term problems that will be dealt with... this addiction and his recovery is the long term problem that is a life time process... it is not a simple cleaning out of the system and then it is easy street... I know you understand that and you have to deal with the first things first but might I strongly suggest starting a program of counseling now... before he gets a craving he cant handle because the bad memory of jail will fade... trust me I know... been there... as have many others...
just my thoughts.. God bless ....
Teresa
