Wess received a call from a filmmaker/musician friend of hers asking if she would do a mini-film this weekend in Sacramento. After much thought on my part and assurances from both Wessley and Anna that they would watch one another's back, I let them go. They left yesterday at about 5pm. Last night at about 10pm I received a text stating that Anna had her cell phone stolen and this morning another text reading that they want to come "home". Apparently, things have not worked out as planned. Frankly, I'm glad they were able to reason for themselves that a better place for them to be right now is here, working on their own stability. The fact that they were able to stay together, though, is a great indication that a bond is building between them. I am hopeful this bond will grow and last for each of their sake. Wess also ran into her friend,I'll call him Bobby, a fairly famous musician she was sharing sober digs with in LA last year. This contact appears to have been pretty good timing affording Wess an opportunity for some closure with that phase of her life. Who knows, maybe Wess will return to LA to live one day, but LA isn't the same place it was when I was growing up and the pressures there on young people turn too many of them to do drugs and alcohol. I am hoping she will see a city like San Francisco as her next likely home. It is all very centrally located and one doesn't not need a car. We have started to discuss vocational direction. She is so ingrained in her current lifestyle that in order to maintain it she would have to stay in the entertainment field. She rattled off an hour and a half of stand up jokes that were sophisticated and very funny. SF is a comedy town and she could sleep in as she likes and hit the scene in the evenings. This is her dream. Stand up. I've always thought stand up was her ultimate gig. We'll see if she has the fortitude and perseverance to accomplish this difficult goal.
As for Gabe, I had a contact get hold of his mother and discussed with him her need for his support at home. He will be returning there and hopefully finding work and chipping in on the household finances. I told him he could always return here if he were ever in need. Hopefully, this is resolved with a positive outcome.
I had a talk to Anna's mother today. She called me, which is good considering there was a great deal for me to verify with her. As I suspected, Anna tends to exaggerate more than just a bit and sorting through the truth of things to get to the heart of the matter will be easier now that I know I cannot trust her words yet. This allows me to move forward toward my goals for her. These are twofold at the moment. First of all and critically important is her weight. She is 85 pounds and this is down from the 95 pounds she weighed when she left her last rehab almost 3 weeks ago. Her continued weight loss places her physical self in great jeopardy. I have instructed Wess to make certain that Anna eats continually. Secondly, I must find a way to kick start Anna's imagination so that she begins to dream again. If I can coordinate these two things, I may be able to get her back to some sort of productivity. This is, afterall, the aim of rehab. Restitution. Restructuring. Rebuilding.

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