Parent Survival Skills Training (PSST)

Over the years we have collected/shared hard-won information, skills, and techniques a parent needs to help a teenager with a drug problem save his own life. (CLICK ON THE LOGO ABOVE to return to the home-page for this blog.)

Temper Tantrums

We had ten parents attend the Northhills PSST today! Instead of just performing one or two role-plays we got everyone involved in a group e...

Coffee House Nation (sober-fun club) receives 20 Steeler preseason tickets!

The Steeler's have donated 20 tickets to Coffe House Nation on short notice for this Sunday! http://chnpgh.blogspot.com/2007/08/short-no...

Northhills PSST 8-11-07 (Regaining Parent Power!)

We ended up with 13 parents at our recent PSST. Even with all of us at the table (this is the one meeting where we actually meet around a ta...

Post Addiction Stress Syndrome

(This was written by John Clayton a member of the Bridge to Hope Family Support Group. The group meets 7 PM every Wednesday in the Donor Hal...

What I accomplished by attending psst meetings by Robin.

This year Juvenile Court featured PSST in the Annual Report Card. Some comments from PSST members were published. Here is one, although the ...

Thanks everyone for the Birthday Cake!

I was so surprised to see a Nevertheless Birthday Cake today! What a wonderful surprise and a perfectly stunning and delicious cake. Yummmmm...

Gratitude (and the three things you might owe your child.)

The last time we met at Eastern, the theme of the group was Gratitude. A lot of good things were said. Mary suggested that I post about it- ...

Reality Tour site at Mars Home for Youth

CANDLE, Inc. is pleased to announce the dates for our newest Reality Tour Drug Prevention program site at Mars Home for Youth on Route 228. ...

PIRATE GAME ROCKED (see photos)

Click above link for more... Type rest of the post here

New Post on Relapse Blog by Ed A.

Click the link above to go to Sister-PSST Blog on Relapse Issues. Type rest of the post here

Rules of the Road

My child has returned home recently from a 1 month rehab and 4 month stay at a halfway house. As a condition of returning home I suggested ...

July 14th Meeting at Alliance Office (Parent Empowerment!)

This meeting started at 9:05, pretty early for us, and by 9:10 we had 11 parents present. This was a great meeting- thanks everyone who sho...

Letter to self written by Teenager (as if she were her Mom.)

Dear Suzie, I know you may be hurt, confused and scared right now. But you have to understand the reason that I sent you here. I was runni...

Surviving Shuman

It seems that for years I have been threatening my kids with "you will go to Shuman!". When the behavior became so bad that the t...

View web version

Powered by Blogger.