
Here we list past articles and bullitens featured on the home page. These are articles that support you in helping your son or da;ughter. Often this information is lost or forgotten when we become emeshed in emotions and fear. Look over the titles and see what applys to you.
Daughter's Death Mistake or Pattern?
Raising Teens, A free downloadable book
Inhalant use rising with girls
GETTING AN ADDICT INTO TREATMENT: THE CRAFT APPROACH
Online Teens Openly Chat About Drug Use
This companion book to the HBO documentary of the same name sheds light on the hidden American epidemic of addiction.
Blending compelling personal narratives with statistics and
expert
opinion, all gleaned from over two years of research and
reporting, Addiction:
Why Can't They Just Stop?
offers a comprehensive and provocative look at the impact of chemical
dependency on addicts, their loved ones, society, and the economy. Read
More at JTO
Samantha Spady, 19, where she posted photos of herself drinking with captions such as "I was drunk" and "Drunkass me". Just before her death from a blood alcohol level of .43 percent, she posted "I'm also going to get extremely wasted this weekend." Please go to this site to read this tragic story and how the parents are still in denial! Click here.

If you want to know about your child's use of alcohol and other drugs, check out their MySpace page or their instant-messenger conversations, where kids are often recklessly open in discussing their drinking and drugging, USA Today reported June 19.
"Kids are really open about it. I see posts from other people describing a night on acid or whatever," said Ashley Duffy, 19, of West Chester, Pa. "I think they think their parents are clueless. And I guess they are."
A new study from the Caron Treatment Centers analyzed more than 10 million online messages written by teens and found a number of conversations about drinking, taking drugs, and having sex. The study was based on a computerized search of blogs, public chat rooms, message boards, and other Internet sites. Research firm Nielsen BuzzMetrics said that about 2 percent of posts specifically mentioned alcohol or other drugs.
If your son or daughter is
serving in the Military overseas and they need
recovery support you may want to send for this.
A
group of recovering alcoholics outside Cleveland Ohio, has started a
program to provide AA speaker CD's on a monthly basis to our service
men and women. This service is offered FREE to anyone who wants to
receive them,
To begin receiving CDs, send your
mailing address (APO) by clicking
here.
They
will confirm receipt of your request and include you in the next
mailing. Please direct any questions to Chuck B at the above address.
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Alcoholism, in addition to being a biological disorder, is a spiritual disorder," lead author Dr. Lisa Miller told Reuters Health. "Adolescents who claim to have a personal relationship with the Divine are only half as likely to become alcoholics or drug addicts, or for that matter even to try contraband drugs (marijuana and cocaine). This is particularly important because onset of alcoholism and drug addiction usually occurs in adolescents. Read more...
If your teen is drinking, smoking or using drugs, chances are you might be the last to know if you are like 50 percent of the parents who participated in a recent study by Washington University's school of medicine in St. Louis.
"Specifically,
if a child reported having used alcohol, the parent said their child
had used alcohol only 50 percent of the time," said Laura Jean Bierut,
author of the study in the October issue of Alcoholism: Clinical
&
Experimental Research. "Similarly, when a child reported having used
tobacco, the parent reported this only 55 percent of the time, and when
a child reported having used marijuana, the parent report agreed only
47 percent of the time." Bierut's research also found that the younger
the children were the less likely their parents suspected substance
abuse.
Read more on Buddy Ts site on about.com
The goal of the Girl Talk blog is to provide a means of communication between moms and daughters about the dangers of underage drinking. It also provides a venue in which young women can communicate with their peers, share experiences and get insights on the dangers of underage drinking from other perspectives. Check out Girl Talk
From
MIT comes a wonderul FREE book on raising teens. In creating Raising
Teens, particular emphasis was placed on identifying
those conclusions about the parenting of adolescents where there is
widespread agreement among researchers and practitioners. You will
find, for example, a set of Five Basics of Parenting
Adolescents, with a list of strategies for each.
Also featured is a list of Ten Tasks of Adolescence, which delineates
the main aspects of adolescent development that parents and other
adults need to be aware of and support.