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Tried calling Lynn yesterday, I had a call from his brother, Steve, Monday night to let me know that Lynn had past out of his couch and was in no position to drive back to Ramseur. Lynn fell off the wagon big time last month and I've been trying ot get him to get help for his alcoholism but he has tons of excuses. Well yesterday he committed himself to a 28-day program for substance abuse, and I hope he'll take this time to re-evaluate his life and its relationship with alcohol. I talked with Steve for almost an hour last night and we talked about Lynn's relationship with everyone, as well as the home situation for Lynn. Lynn hates seeing anyone upset with someone else, over Christmas, Steve and their father got into an argument over politics This upset Lynn and when he was driving back to Ramseur from Steve's place in Greensboro he drank most of a bottle of vodka. I was able to get him to pull-over and I went to collect him and we talked maybe 2 hours while he processed some of the alcohol. He told me he couldn't stand having his brother and father mad at each other and the effect on his mother. I finally got him to think about how upset his mother will be when she learns he got drunk again and how upset she'll be at that. I finally was able to get him to agree to start going back to AA. He went once when I was in NC but after that he always some excuse for missing the other meetings.
This last trigger was taking Trent back to Appalachian State on Sunday. Trent had been home for almost a month and Lynn was sad to see him go back to college. Trent had talked about how much he'll miss being at home and around his old schoolmates and Lynn called me late Sunday night after returning from App. I talked with Trent about maybe looking into transferring to UNC-G and he could stay at home and commute back and forth but he has started making some friends at App and discovered he loves snowboarding. I told Steve I would talk to Trent about everything and will need to call him tonight. I told Trent to stay at App that he needs to try not to worry, to focus on starting the semester.
I was planning on driving back to NC this weekend but right now I'm not sure, I told Steve I wanted Lynn to get better and right now the best place for him is in recovery away from everyone so he can get better. After his month hopefully he'll realize he can not drink anything, he needs to attend his AA meetings every night, at least for several months, and get clear headed about what he wants and what he needs.
This last trigger was taking Trent back to Appalachian State on Sunday. Trent had been home for almost a month and Lynn was sad to see him go back to college. Trent had talked about how much he'll miss being at home and around his old schoolmates and Lynn called me late Sunday night after returning from App. I talked with Trent about maybe looking into transferring to UNC-G and he could stay at home and commute back and forth but he has started making some friends at App and discovered he loves snowboarding. I told Steve I would talk to Trent about everything and will need to call him tonight. I told Trent to stay at App that he needs to try not to worry, to focus on starting the semester.
I was planning on driving back to NC this weekend but right now I'm not sure, I told Steve I wanted Lynn to get better and right now the best place for him is in recovery away from everyone so he can get better. After his month hopefully he'll realize he can not drink anything, he needs to attend his AA meetings every night, at least for several months, and get clear headed about what he wants and what he needs.