How to Approach the Topic of Teen Drinking and Peer Pressure
In a perfect world, you would be able to protect your child from every potential danger in life and be there on standby to offer advice whenever needed. In reality, you raise your child as well as you can and,
Talking to Your Teen About Instagram and Mental Health
Parenting is hard enough without adding in the dangers created by the online world. Gone are the days when parents could control what information reached their children. Changing the channel or putting the newspaper away is no longer an option.
How to Find a Drug Rehab “Near Me” for Teens Today
Parenting is a job beyond comparison. It is twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and it has no end date, and the job description is constantly changing. While you are always seeking to protect your child, the potential
Get Educated: Teen Substance Abuse Statistics
On its easiest day, parenting is still one of the most challenging jobs you’ll ever have. Filled with ups, downs, joys, and sorrows, it is both rewarding and frustrating. Sometimes it is all of those things all at once, and
How to Find a Rehab Center for Your Loved One
Watching someone you love struggle with addiction is a heartbreaking proposition and a long road. You will find yourself torn between wanting to help and wanting to scream in frustration. Even if you find yourself creating distance and setting much-needed
The Importance of a Support System in Addiction Recovery: How to Be There for Your Loved One
When a loved one decides to face their addiction and begins to do the work, you may wonder what role you can or should play in their recovery. This is especially true if your relationship was fractured during their active
How Does Rehab Work? A Guide for Addiction Recovery
We know more about addiction than ever before, but it is still a very confusing disease, and that’s true even when you are in the middle of the struggle. It’s hard to understand why you continue to use a drug
What Are Triggers in Addiction? Knowing What to Look Out For
Once you realize that you have a problem with drugs or alcohol, you spend time figuring out how to get sober. After you get sober, then your efforts go toward staying sober. Getting sober and staying sober are two entirely
Helping Your Teen Navigate Peer Pressure and Drugs
Parenting is scary and seems to get scarier as your children get older. Unfortunately there is no true guidebook to follow when it comes to parenting. Every teenager is different and responds differently to rules, guidelines, and just life in
Is Treatment a Full Time Job?
With partial hospitalization programs and intensive outpatient programs, treatment doesn’t have to be a full time job. Treatment itself, however, is not any less intensive or demanding, nor does it produce any less of a result when it comes to