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828. The X-Plan -- Giving your kids a way out -- Excellent ideas for parents and children!

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I read this, and it is such a good idea, I wanted to pass it on to you dear friends! X-Plan: Giving your kids a way out (#xplan) FEBRUARY 23, 2017  /  BERT FULKS Friends, as most of you know, I get to spend an hour each week with a group of young people going through addiction recovery.  Yes.  Young people.  I’m talking teenagers who are locked away for at least six months as they learn to overcome their addictions.  I’m always humbled and honored to get this time with these beautiful young souls that have been so incredibly assaulted by a world they have yet to understand.  This also comes with the bittersweet knowledge that these kids still have a fighting chance while several of my friends have already had to bury their own children. Recently I asked these kids a simple question:  “How many of you have found yourself in situations where things started happening that you weren’t comfortable with, but you stuck around, mainly...