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.)

The Power to Make Us Quake

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We can suggest techniques to help parents stop allowing themselves to be manipulated, e.g., see Top Three Ways Teens Manipulate ; however, t...
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More on waking up hard-to-wake teen.

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We posted on waking up teenager back in March and now we have information from a parent about progess that has been made with one of our har...

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This question came in from a parent. How much money should a teenager contribute towards day to day home expenses? After a little thought, w...
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Home pass from institution. 10 things to keep in mind!

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So your teenager is at Abraxas, Ridgeview, or Gateway and he is going to have his first block of time at home. Perhaps it's four hours, ...
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Alert! New Schedule in effect so this is our ONLY meeting at Wexford in July.

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Lets hope for a nice turnout on July 11th. Our Wexford chapter has at times been our biggest meeting. I also think we have some good news to...

Power statement: I am disappointed...

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It is much more powerful to say " I am disappointed that you didn't stay home when I told you to stay home, " than it is to s...

July 4th Meeting at Eastern cancelled due to holiday. Happy 4th!

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Sorry. We know that we only meet once per month at Eastern but the Fourth of July would probably not be well attended. See you at Eastern Ne...

There is parking around the back if you need it (Outreach June 20th Grand Opening)

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At our newest location for meetings (666 Washington Road Pittsburgh, PA 15228) there is a parking lot around the back. You will find a walkw...

Meeting this Saturday will be only one this month at Alliance Office.

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Our new meeting schedule allows for one meeting each month at each of our three locations. We had a great turnout, eleven parents, at our l...

New Meeting Schedule

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Starting this month in June we will be adding a Saturday Morning Meeting in Mt. Lebanon and altering the meeting schedule for our other meet...

Should I try to get my teenager a Juvenile Probation Officer?

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Sometimes parents in group hear other parents talk about how helpful it was to have a Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO) for their teenager. ...
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Stay Close: a mother's story of her son's addiction - Book Signing

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Dear friends, As you know our book on was released on May 1, and my sons and I have done quite a bit of publicity during these two weeks. O...

Memorial Weekend Day Meeting is ON!

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We usually cancel Memorial Day Weekend meeting but this year we decided to go ahead and have it. We had a nice turn out two weeks ago in We...

Free Tools! Need new tools to use on your teenager?

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We got em at our meetings. Come on in and pick up some new ones! Our goal is to give every parent something to take home and use the same d...
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