Real Help for Parents of Teens in Recovery
Sober Coaching Your Toxic Teen
About this important BOOK.
An interactive guide for parents and primary
caregivers on how to manage a drug crisis
A summery of the book: Sober Coaching Your Toxic Teen
This is the parent's manual in beta form, but has all the reproducible worksheets and handouts for both parents and family groups.
Shelly
Marshall, the best selling author of this recovery classic (over two
million sold) and the classic for young addicts, Young, Sober,
& Free (Hazelden, over 250,000), along with her
brother,
Michael J. Marshall, PhD, are now offering an interactive guide for
parents and caregivers in crisis with adolescent drug abuse. Consistent
with the Teaching-Family Model for troubled youth, this new book, Sober
Coaching the Toxic Teen, an interactive guide for teaching parents and
primary caregivers how to
manage a drug crisis), can be used by parents and
caregivers or as an educational tool..
This is a
quick information retrieval system and educational tool that instructs
parents and caregivers exactly where to go and what to do in a crisis
concerning drugs. It is not a prevention book. It is not a parenting
book. It is not a lecture on what they
should-have-done-when-their-child-was-young book. Rather than
alienate the parent/caregiver through admonishment or a lack of
communication skills or hints of inadequate parenting, this book makes
the parent an immediate ally of the treatment professional.
The principles behind the Teaching-Family Model draws them into the
treatment plan as a facilitator of the solution—not the cause
of the problem.
The authors deal with teenage
drug addiction and frantic parents all the time, Ms. Marshall as a
consultant and Certified Counselor and Dr. Marshall as a psychologist
in private practice. Because of the lack of accurate and non blaming
information available to parents, caregivers, and professionals
regarding drug abusing youth, the authors perceived a need for a
“parent friendly” response manual consistent with a
Teaching-Family Model approach that stresses responsibility on the part
of the adolescent and teaches the parent/caregiver to be an active
participant in the solution.
Sober Coaching Your Toxic Teen is inteneded not only for parents but community support groups and for the therapist working with families in addiction. It contains all the instructions, worksheets and handouts in this 164 page workbook.
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A Father writes in:
Into the "hole" or the "whole?"
I
am the parent of a 20
year-old meth addict. Just recently she has gotten
considerably
worse. Just when you think they have crossed all the lines,
there
are new ones. Yesterday we came home and discovered the makings of a
meth lab in our garage. (Iodine, peroxide, coffee filters and
drano) We are not stupid and when confronted she pretty much
said
she was sorry and asked if she was being thrown out of the
house.
I feel like I'm dying here. I went to some websites about
"Toughlove" and they say they do not advocate throwing your children
out, however, meth labs cannot go on at your home - the law can
confiscate your property. It's really not worth the
risk.
At the same time I'm worried that I am throwing her straight into the
HOLE.
Sober Coaching the Toxic Teen is a desperately needed tool because the truth about parents and their drug-abusing, drug-addicted, or alcoholic teens is not being told. It is needed because the books already available spend more time discussing parenting skills than instructing Mom or Dad how to escape throwing their child down that “hole.” This book is brief, offers real-life, real-time solutions, reproducible worksheets for evaluation and education, and provides a basis for therapists and community support groups to teach the parent how to coach their teen to recovery.
What is the Book about exactly?
Sober Coachig the Toxic Teen
Sober Coaching Your Toxic Teen
teaches parents and caregivers how to manage two types of drug crises:
the young person who is addicted to mind-affecting chemicals or the
young person who may not yet be addicted, but has precipitated a crisis
involving drugs. Not all teens who use drugs are addicts, yet using any
illegal substances put them at risk for all manner of tragedy including
the loss of life.
This book is a management
manual for the frantic parent and a resource for the professional to
use with them. The reproducible handouts and worksheets are not only
innovative, but important educational tools. This book is arranged so
simply and clearly, that any panicked parent will be able to find the
answers they need. It is parent-panic friendly.
How can this book can help?
Of
course we want our children to stop drinking and abusing
drugs. Sober
Coaching the Toxic Teen will help
jump-start the process with research-based interventions using the
Teaching-Family Model principles of developing empathy, boundaries,
taking responsibility, and recognizing thinking errors. This
comprehensive resource provides a better understanding of a family
member’s addiction so that we can chart an informed course of
action.
A brother and sister team both in reocvery for over 30 years.
Shelly Marshall, BS CSAC and Michael J. Marshall, PhD, are a
brother and sister team that have dedicated over thirty years to
working with people in recovery from alcoholism and other drug
addictions. As a team, they have published three research papers on
teenage addiction recovery in international journals. Ms. Marshall has
published two additional research papers and Dr. Marshall twelve. Ms
Marshall’s books Day
By Day (approximately two million sold) and Young,
Sober, & Free (approximately 250,000 sold) are
classics in the recovery field. Dr. Marshall has received some acclaim
for his recently published book for parents, Why Spanking
Doesn’t Work: Stopping
this Bad Habit and Getting the Upper Hand on Effective Discipline,
Bonneville Press)
Ms. Marshall
pursued a degree in addiction and obtained a BS in Drugs and Alcohol
from Metropolitan State College in Denver. She is a certified Drug and
Alcohol Counselor. In 1991 Ms. Marshall began working in Russia for the
NAN (No to Alcoholism and Drug Addiction) Foundation and earned a
position as the NGO representative to the United Nations. Several of
her books have been published in Russia, Poland and Belarus. Today she
is a renowned speaker and teaches counselors how to work with addicted
youth.
Michael J.
Marshall Ph.D. is a research psychologist, university
professor (West Liberty State College), and private practitioner. His
research, experience, and clinical insights bring an added dimension to
this book.
Their research on adolescent
recovery have made the Marshall team well known in the family
addictions and mental health fields. The Marshall’s
television and radio appearances in the United States and other
countries are always lively because they are not afraid to share both
poignant and amusing antidotes from their personal life and travels.
Dr. and Ms. Marshall’s contributions have been and continue
to be significant in the addictions and mental health
field—not only for their achievements in research and writing
but especially for their willingness to personally invest in helping
others recover from addiction.
All reproducible
Checklist for Choosing a Transport Service (From Chapter 19, Treatment)
Community Support Groups for Parents (From Chapter 8, Support Groups)
Dealing with the Oppositional Child: Strategies (From Chapter 14, Oppositional Defiance)
Dealing with the Oppositional Child: Symptoms (From Chapter 14, Oppositional Defiance)
Family Drug Policy (From Chapter 24, Zero Tolerance)
Family Intervention Checklist (From Chapter 18, Intervention)
Give examples here of how you are enabling your child. (From Chapter 10, Enabling)
Guidelines for Finding a Treatment Center for Young People (From Chapter 19, Treatment)
High Risk Behaviors (From Chapter 21, Relapse Prevention)
Hotlines and Toll Free Numbers (From Chapter 16, Response Mode)
Indicators and Risk Factors of Chemical Dependency: Strong (From Chapter 4, Knowledge)
Indicators and Risk Factors of Chemical Dependency: Weak (From Chapter 4, Knowledge)
Let Go Self-Assessment (From Chapter 10, Enabling)
Parental Enabling (From Chapter 10, Enabling)
Prevention and Crisis Management Resources (From Chapter 16, Response Mode)
Recovery Coach Pledges (From Chapter 21, Relapse Prevention)
Self-Help Programs for the Young Person: Contact & Book List (From Chapter 20, Coming Home)
Self-Help Programs for the Young Person: Questionnaire (From Chapter 20, Coming Home)
Signs of Relapse (From Chapter 21, Relapse Prevention)
Stages of Addiction Action and Parental Reaction (From Chapter 5, Denial)
Substance Abuse Definitions (From Chapter 4, Knowledge)
The Winning Hand: 21 Questions for Parents (From Chapter 1, What’s Up?)
Using Peer Preference to Your Advantage (From Chapter 13, Peer Preference).
Harold Jonas, PhD, LMHC, CAP
President,
Sober.Com, Inc.
“The last of my four
kids just got confronted for experimenting. It was as if the book was
written after an extensive interview. I know this works professionally
and personally. Ready, Aim, Inspire is everything I do in my practice
and at home.
Ready, Aim, Inspire is a direct, straight
forward and concise manual for parents. It is strongly recommended
reading before choosing to confront your child regarding their known or
suspected substance use.”
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Endorsement
Judith Rich Harris, Author of The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out The Way They Do
Endorsement
John Howard Prin, LADC, Addictions Counselor and Author of Stolen Hours
"I am THRILLED about what the authors are doing in Ready, Aim, Inspire! Our country's teenaged drug crisis is very real and the Marshall's book offers abundant help, insight, and encouragement to affected families. In easy-to-read dialogue, they combine sage advice and research data with checklists and charts providing proven interventions that work. A handy guidebook jammed with wisdom!"
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This web site is intended to be used for educational purposes only. Its use does not imply any professional relationship with the authors. Seeking professional help when dealing with an addictions problem is always recommended.
Do not rely on this or any other web site to diagnose or exclude the diagnosis of chemical dependency for your child. SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE. The authors only present guidelines on this site and in no way want you to rely solely on this information.
There is no one answer or right approach to addictions recovery. Drug or alcohol addiction is a complex disease that can be resistant to treatment.The authors are offering some ideas which may or may not be appropriate for the reader. The ultimate choice of which treatment intervention to use should be decided in conjunction with an addictions recovery professional with whom the reader has a professional relationship. The authors assume no liability for any treatment decisions or outcomes by anyone.
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