Using....again

The other night when my son called, he sounded 'flat'; unemotional. I commented on it later when I was talking to my fiancé (yes we got engaged!!) but mostly let it slide. Well, my son called again last night and right of the bat, his first comment was "oh, finally you answer the phone".  I had a couple of missed calls on my phone but never a message and I am not one of those people who calls every unknown missed call back. Sorry, it's just not me.

The first question (no 'hi mom') was asking if I put money on his books. I told that after thinking about it that the answer was no, I was not. He hung up.  Fast forward two minutes and he called back telling me he needed cigarettes. My answer to him was that no, he did not need cigarettes, he wanted them and I was not going to keep enabling him by constantly doing everything he asked and giving him whatever he wanted. His immediate response before hanging up on me was that I haven't done sh.. for him and to f... off.

My son is only belligerent when he is using. Honestly it didn't occur to me to even consider that he was using again....especially in rehab. Not that he hasn't done that before but....

For some reason I decided to Yelp the facility. HOLY CRAP!! It is no wonder he is using. The reviews on the facility were completely off the charts.  Everything from insurance scamming to dirty urine testing to septic system overflowing to overcrowding.

I am seriously going to look into how I can get David Goldstein at CBS LA do his investigative work on this...its just not me who has figured this out.