Blog #48: Living without alcohol, cigarettes, coke, crack, glue, and gasoline is becoming hard for James. He calls his folks for the first time since he's arrived at rehab. His mom is very emotional. Every morning James gets violently sick. He throws up blood and chunks of his stomach. Then he has an emotional breakdown that he can't control. One minute he is crying hysterically and the next he's so mad that he beat a guy up and destroyed his room. I don't blame him for beating up the guy. The guy was being a jerk to him. Harassing him and telling him how he did a crappy job cleaning the toilets. The most frustrating part for me and the part I can relate to is when the guards came running when they heard the fight and automatically thought James was at fault; without James even explaining what had happened in the first place. I think a lot of people can relate to that kind of frustration. Now the rehab center is giving James a chance to talk with a psychologist to see if it will help.