Rehab Survivor Angry When No One Regrets His Fake Funeral Intervention

"He should be thanking mom and dad that he is alive"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• May 29, 2024

It can be frightening to consider checking yourself into a rehab facility. But it's crucial to understand that going to rehab is ultimately a good thing and that starting treatment is a step in the right direction toward living a better life.

Even though using drugs may seem like the only option to feel better, doing so can negatively impact both your physical and emotional well-being. You might think you can give up and take care of yourself but if you do it alone, your chances of relapsing are significantly higher.

Rehab therapy offers a secure environment in which you may examine yourself, your addiction, and how it affects your behavior and mental health. Even if it could be uncomfortable at times, therapy offers a potent means of assisting with your healing.

Rehab offers the chance to approach the issue from all angles and create coping skills to maintain sobriety. You are taken out of your daily life in the rehab setting, where you can concentrate solely on your recovery.

You'll get the support you need to begin your recovery process if you surround yourself with skilled, kind specialists who can medically manage your withdrawal and make it as comfortable as possible. OP's parents knew this which is why they sent their son there as he was an addict.

They held a fake funeral for him there and it helped in sober up but he ended up ranting about it a few years down the line.

The headline

One of the things they did was have the family give a funeral

OP's brother should be thanking their mom and dad that he is alive

OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the AH:

I told my brother I don’t regret his fake funeral and he should be thanking mom and dad. I could have been nicer to him about it when he was ranting. Not being nicer could make me a jerk.

Let's head into the comments section and find out what other Redditors have to say

This Redditor is sure the OP knows his addiction

His resentment will cloud his recovery

OP's brother was the one that brought up the topic

The OP left more details about the rehab below

He was allowed to leave, it wasn’t prison. He stayed and he is alive.

Sometimes people are cruel to save your life, you still have a choice what you do with it. He could have shot back up or left he didn’t.

The rehab therapy being helpful to him

OP's parents may have had the best intentions

The rehab clinic sounds toxic

How he would have been perfectly justified

Some Redditors say that it's possible that OP's brother is experiencing real trauma and that his family is minimizing or explaining what happened. Maybe his addiction has shifted from drugs to trauma or a hyper fixation on his stay at the rehab.

Maybe he believes that the family places a greater emphasis on the program than on his conscious decision to abstain. Still, the OP was declared not the AH, and that's a wrap.

Maryjane