"M.I.C.A. dual-diagnosis" treatment does not exist. Holding out hope for it is cruel.

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If you get coverage for Intense Out Patient care that comes with a psychiatrist to prescribe maintenance meds, and you relapse.. YER OUT! You FAILED.

They will write a reference for a "higher level of care" You may get a bed in a psychiatric unit, but unless you are trying to kill yourself with something besides alcohol and drugs, the insurance company won't pay for extended care. Then you're back on the street with instructions to "go to AA"

If the drinking is a self medication to counteract an existing mental illness.. If you started drinking to "feel normal" and only succeeded in giving yourself another chronic disease..

What. Are You Supposed To. Do?

My darling son is caught in a vise.