Sherry Pfeaster
Sherry Pfeaster
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At our community level, it is a very, very deep issue. The underlying issue is family values--parents have to work odd shifts, for example, but who becomes responsible for staying at home with a 13-year-old when everybody's working? Kids today are without structure, and without structure, you're going to do what you want to do.
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If you make it easy for the kid to continue their behavior, you're enabling--making excuses, calling in to school if they're hung over.
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Currently, there are only four recovery homes in the state of Illinois, with a waiting list of approximately 16 months.
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It takes everybody getting involved and creating an atmosphere where parents, grandparents and children come together.
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I'd like to find an area with apartments, where residents could come together and learn skills, focus on vocational training, educational training, case management for medical needs, counseling, helping them deal with cognitive behaviors and offer transport to and from work. We need a place to jump-start them, where they could stay for a year.
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We want them to get out, get a job and make progress. We want to help them make the change from being an addicted person to a recovering person.
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When one has an emotional high, so does the other one. When one has an emotional low, so does the other. You can't separate the two emotions.