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I am having such a difficult time w/ my son, who's 22, has had 2 dui's prior to 21 years old. He's "trying" to get his life on track according to him, but he won't admit he even has a drinking problem. Yesterday, clear cut rules, he can stay over, but there's absolutely no drinking and IF there is, he's out and can't stay there. Well, of course he drank, denied it when he called me a work. So I get home and there's a bottle of wine opened and 3/4 empty. My husband and I will have a glass of wine every once in a while with dinner. So, I call my boy, and he doesn't deny it. I tell him not to come back, ok, fine.. He calls me this morning like nothing happened. When I remind him of yesterday, he still thinks he can just stay with us. I told him he needs to call this facility in our area and get himself checked into an in-patient program (we've gone over this before).. he says,, I don't know.. I don't know! with no where to live, no where to go because he's burned his bridges with everyone, and he doesn't know??? I'm going to go home, there's a good possiblity he'll be there,, now what? I told him I would bring him to the closeset hospital, they can help him.. We live in a rural area and I know what I should do,, bring him to the closest hospital, like I told him I would do. Am I on the right track?