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.)

12 signs that your disease is active. (For recovering teenagers on probation.)

These are things that teenagers usually come up with after they are discharged from inpatient treatment. They might be red-flags that a rel...

CISCO GETS A WEEKEND PASS

CISCO GETS A WEEKEND PASS It has been awhile since I wrote about our son, Cisco. The reason that I have not written is two-fold. First, he i...

Eight Things I Wish I Would Have Learned Sooner....

This was written by Lori back in 2007. (Lori is a long time member of PSST.) Wilma discovered it yesterday as she was browsing through the a...

A Harsh Tale ~ Written Anonymously

Once upon a time there was a group of teens who hung out together, smoked dope together and generally enjoyed each other’s company. They wo...

Reflections on Addiction by Wilma

This hasn't been the best week for our family so I'm feeling a little down. I watched an episode of "Army Wives" tonight...

Wilma, A PSST Mom Talks About 'Pharm' Parties

We talked a little about prescription drugs and our kids at the last PSST meeting. Last week I read an article in Readers Digest December 2...

Farewell and Good Luck to Lloyd's Intern ~ Rebecca

~ Thank you ~ As I finish my internship with juvenile probation, I want to say how much I appreciate everything I have learned from Lloyd...

You can't outrun teenagers.

What's this have to do with it? We worked this in PSST on Saturday in Wexford. What do you do when you are trying to end the dis...

SUMMARY OF APRIL 2 PSST MEETING IN WILKINSBURG

APRIL 2 PSST MEETING Editor's Note: Please stay tuned. I apologize for the amount of time it has been taking to complete the summaries a...

Stolen Dreams - The Screening of a Documentary on the Adult Justice System

One of our well-informed PSST Moms, Lindy Lou, gave us this information on the screening of a documentary that will be shown at Pitt this c...

DO NOT USE THIS WORD (unless you really mean it)

This word can work like magic. If we are careful to only use "NOW" when we mean it we can see a dramatic shifting of power. If ...

Letting Go ~ Gentle Thoughts from Joan ~ A PSST Mom

Letting Go ~ Gentle Thoughts from Joan As I heard all of us at the PSST Meeting on Saturday, with our various struggles, my mind kept going...

Summary of the March 19 meeting in Mt Lebanon

We had another terrific turnout Saturday for our PARENT SURVIVAL SKILLS TRAINING (PSST) Meeting on March 19th, held at a new location the M...

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