http://www.teensavers.com Treating Drug Addiction, Behavioral Problems, and Dual Diagnosis - Call us Now at 800-451-1947 - The Road to Recovery Begins Here. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:10:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en     One of the best reasons to get a help for teens while they are still teenagers, beyond being a very formidable time in a childs life, is the consequences of inaction upon future generations Statistics have shown that instances of teen drug addiction run in long chains from parents ... http://www.teensavers.com/2008/04/15/teenage-drug-addiction/ Addiction can be defined as a family disease It is a fact that the entire family suffers with the addict Addiction can be defined as a family disease. It is a fact that the entire family suffers with the addict. This is the reason that professionals consider treatment of the ... http://www.teensavers.com/2008/04/15/dealing-with-addiction-in-the-family/ Many a parent questions their teens behavior at one point in time or another But every parent?s worst is always that they will one day find that their child has become addicted to some sort of illicit drug Many a parent questions their teens behavior at one point in time ... http://www.teensavers.com/2008/04/15/effects-of-drug-addiction-in-teen/ Drug abuse is epidemic among our youth, and parents often struggle with their suspicions about their kids. Are they or aren’t they using drugs? So it doesn’t surprise me that whenever I talk about the appropriateness of drug testing everyone has an opinion about whether they should use one or ... http://www.teensavers.com/2008/03/03/to-test-or-not-to-test/ We all know teenagers struggle with intimacy. Part of the reason is they do not know what it is but then neither do most adults. Take Marty, for instance, a teenager with an older sister Connie. Marty has been doing poorly in school while Connie remains a consistent student. Connie ... http://www.teensavers.com/2008/03/03/intimacy/ There is an invisible line that parents often unwittingly cross—it divides the positive behavior of influencing their teens to achieve a healthy maturity from the negative practice of controlling their behavior to the teen’s detriment. This fuzzy line between a natural desire to assist and a needy inclination to control ... http://www.teensavers.com/2008/03/03/the-fine-line/ Over the past 30-years I have been asked many times “what’s a healthy family?” While there are no clear-cut answers to this there are certain characteristics that I believe help make-up an emotionally healthy family: Vulnerability – The family atmosphere allows for each other to be vulnerable. Family members argue, disagree, ... http://www.teensavers.com/2008/03/03/what-is-a-healthy-family/ The latest results from an annual study about prescription drug abuse among teens, conducted by the Partnership for a Drug Free America, revealed some startling results. About 20 percent of teens reported participating in prescription drug abuse. About 20 percent of those reported abusing prescription stimulants and tranquilizers. Painkiller, stimulant, sedative ... http://www.teensavers.com/2007/09/13/teen-prescription-drug-abuse/ Not surprisingly, one of the leading teen drug use trends is abuse of prescription medication, including cough medicine and Ritalin. The numbers of teens reportedly abusing prescription medicines is more than the combined rates of teen abuse of crack/cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy and heroin. Adults have long been known to abuse ... http://www.teensavers.com/2007/09/13/teen-drug-use-trends/ It is never easy to see a teen succumb to the temptation of drug abuse and fall into a pattern of teen drug addiction. The fact is, this is even more likely than ever before, as one out of every five eighth-graders reported using marijuana at least once in their ... http://www.teensavers.com/2007/09/13/teen-drug-rehabilitation/