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.)

Coffee House Nation visits Reality Tour 9-19-07

For more information about Reality Tour click candle. To read the whole story at Coffee House Nation click coffee cup to right. Two CHN mem...

PSST To be featured on KQV 1410 AM radio on 9-27-07

On September 27th at 9:00 AM, KQV 1410 All/ News All the time radio station will interview Val Ketter, Lloyd Woodward and two parents from P...

Good attendance at PSST on 9-1-07

14 parents attend at our Eastern Probation Office location. We heard something from everyone. We then did several role-plays for the second...

Got 3 minutes?

This is a little different than the usual posts. If you have the time, take 3 minutes and watch this little video and remember that we are ...

September 15th is Rally for Recovery Walk/Run

It was suggested that we cancel our September 15th meeting and attend the Message Carriers Rally For Recovery Walk/ Run from 10:00 AM to 3:0...

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)

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