Once you get into recovery and start seeing all the changes that you will need to make to sustain your sobriety, you may feel overwhelmed. With anything, you must practice new things to get more acclimated to want to keep moving forward. Since suggestions make up the basis of a plan of recovery, you can…
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Learning how to decipher your teen can be near impossible even if you were to snag a copy of “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Teenagers”. You may be able to gather some good tips to handle behaviors although knowing whether your teen is depressed or moody will take more than just reading a book to…
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Millions of people have problems with drugs and alcohol and because celebrities are in the limelight unfortunately so are their addictions. Demi Lovato is one of the latest celebrities to have their substance abuse splashed all over the tabloids for the whole world to view. Lovato who has a history of using drugs and alcohol…
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Experimenting with alcohol is nothing new with teens who are in high school. For decades, alcohol has been alluring to teens who wish to be under the influence from peer pressure or seeing those around them getting loopy. Many parents think that if they supply their teens with alcohol that they can monitor their use…
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You know what is really lame? Having someone offer you a drink or drug, you say “no”, and they continue to keep pressuring you. Yes, you know you should “just say no”. Your parents have probably ingrained that into you since before you started walking. This situation, however, can seem impossible because you think you…
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With the marijuana being legalized in more states, many concerned parents worry about how this will affect their teen. Since cannabis products have become easier to obtain with the legalization of marijuana, parents fear that their adolescent having more access to the drug could lead to more usage potential. When Oregon legalized recreational marijuana in…
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A common theme amongst teens with their emotional status and the need of always being right, is knowing if they are actually in a state of crisis or if they are merely going through a phase of teenageritis. Along with their snarky attitude, self-image can be another point of contention with them. Teens like to…
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How much time your teen spends on their phone, iPad, computer, or playing video games could be a real concern for you. Instead of using their time for quality activities such as studying, exercising, or socializing with friends, they may have developed a habit of gaming and streaming that could take up more of their…
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“Being under the influence” is typically code that someone is either drunk or high on drugs. Teens have shown to be easily influenced with using mind-altering substances amongst their peers, but they can certainly be affected in more positive areas as well. Other ways that teens can be firmly influenced is by the people they…
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Vaping has exponentially increased in popularity and in sales over the last five years especially in high school students. Many parents have become leery about their teenagers who have started to vape although evidence that vaping affects someone physically and mentally in the long run has yet to be produced. The fact that the Juul…
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