Dear Jeff,
I hope this letter finds you and yours well. I want to take this opportunity to update you on my sons progress and my gratitude. I can’t believe it’s been over a year since he was there!
R. is in his third semester at university. He continues to go to AA meetings and plans on staying in VA when he graduates. He loves it down there. He continues to enjoy his friendships with other graduates from the Family Foundation School. These friendships along with his sobriety almost didn’t happen, had he not attended the FFS.
As you may recall he was in deep trouble when he came to you. His father was dying and he was numbing himself with more and more narcotics and alcohol. As my husband’s caretaker I had little time to contribute to finding the ” right” program for him. But it happened. Less then a week after learning of such a great school he was admitted. During that time he matured beyond expectations. He was 16 at the time. He told me early on that ” If not for this school I would most likely be dead”. And I believe that to be true.
The staff had patience and insight that bewildered me. I don’t know how they do it. My son once said, ” Mom, I don’t know who created the program at the FFS but it really works somehow”. I will never forget these words.
The FFS gave my son the necessary skills to become and remain a productive and sober member of the community.
Words can not adequately quantify the level of my gratitude to the FFS for being their to save my son and help him to be the wonderful person he is today.
Thank You,
B. B.
A Dream of Another Life