I spent a lot of the day emailing my sister about our plans to get our dad into a hospital detox/psych ward. We both did research, and I made lots of calls. I happened to have my psychiatrist appointment today and asked him for advice, too. He gave good advice. He particularly knows what he's talking about because he had worked as a staff psychiatrist at a local psychiatric hospital's dual diagnosis ward. Actually, he helped me detox from alcohol during my first hospitalization. That's another story. My sister and I want Dad to go to a particular psych hospital, but my psychiatrist said that we should "take any available bed". He explained why, and it made sense. Perhaps if Dad doesn't initially go to our first choice, he could be transferred there after a day or two.

My sister will be asking for my brother's agreement on our plan tonight. If Bro is on board, the plan is to present the plan aggressively to Dad this Saturday. I really hope my brother is on board. I hope Dad goes through with this. If not, we may need to do something even more aggressive, not only for his sake, but others'.