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.)

Families Anonymous Meeting - Tuesday Night - Squirrel Hill

TEENAGE ADDICTION? NEED SOME PARENTAL SUPPORT? STILL NOT SURE THAT YOU'RE THE ONE WHO NEEDS HELP? LOOKING FOR PEACE IN YOUR HOME? "...

March 5th Meeting Recap - Wilkinsburg

Wow - our meetings have become large over the last several months, with new parents coming in all the time! I for one am thrilled about this...

CAN WE TALK?

SALLY IS ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM YOU... Dear Reader, If you are a parent, or care giver, of a troubled teenager or a teenager exhibiting addict...

One Women's Halfway House experience. Reported by Rebecca Fast, Intern

Rebecca Fast- Master of Social Work Intern Thank you. As I finish my internship with juvenile probation, I want to say how much I appreciate...

Daisy is a ROCK STAR!

My dear friend Daisy and I often talk about our kids together, helping each other through difficult moments and comparing notes after intera...

DEA Moves to Emergency Control Synthetic Marijuana - K2 SPICE

DEA Enacts Emergency Ban on Possession and Use of K2-Spice Type Products MEDTOX Scientific News Release On November 24, 2010 the Drug Enforc...

Thanks to everyone for your support.

You know I always thought that when there is a horrible tragedy that there is nothing I can do. It's so horrible, the loss is so great, ...

"Bath Salt" Abuse is a Growing Menace

BE ON THE LOOKOUT - BATH SALTS UPDATE The staff at MEDTOX believes the problem with "BATH SALTS" warrants a special "Be on th...

Recap of the February 12 PSST Meeting in Wexford

Recap of the February 12 Meeting in Wexford Another great meeting in Wexford last Saturday, attended by the usual suspects: from Juvenile pr...

PSST Mom Describes Her Relationship With Her Son

There is an eminem and rhianna song that my son likes ( amazingly I like it too ). its a song / rap about domestic violence but the one phr...

Better Late Than Never....Recap of 2/5/11 Meeting

As usual, we had a great turnout in our Wilkinsburg meeting location, which also happens to be the Juvenile Probation office of our leader V...

Time for Cisco's Six Month Review ~ Part II ~ Once on the PSST Track - You Never Go Back

I know I can, I know I can, I know I can... I have not received word from Cisco that he has cancelled the hearing and accepted the fact that...

A PSST Mom Works On Acceptance ~ By Wilma

"We must be willing to leave behind the life we had envisioned for our child in order to save their life as it is." I love this qu...

Another PSST Mom Shows Her TRUE GRIT Episodes I & II

PSST GRIT - Episode I Hi Sally, Thought I would share my most recent experience and insights…especially in light of a recent quote on the ...

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