#mbpoli Empty beds save no one - especially our at risk youth. If a facility is there, beds are available, and the MB Gov is already paying the rent per month - why are those beds not filled? Explain that to a parent that is screaming out for help - and there is none.
In 2017 - February - I almost lost my youngest son to alcoholism. He was out of control, and ended up almost freezing to death in a winter storm due to intoxication. We tried an intervention through AFM, and the emergency doctor called in the Youth Stabilization unit.
After 48 hours, the team arrived. The response was to tell me I had to do more as a parent and that no beds were available. The stress our family was going through with our own battles affected each one of us differently. With my son, this was his escape and it almost killed him.
As a parent - how do you cope? How do you try to help your child, and get through it as a family? We had only each other, no outside Provincial help - and thankfully we made it. It was not pretty and it scarred our family, but we got through it. How many don't?
Do you know what we tried? We tried mortgaging our home a third time to pay for out of Province help. If we had not been extended as a result of the Province already with two mortgages to pay suppliers - we would have done it - spent every dime of equity to get him to detox.
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