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.)

Happy Mother's Day to All of the Invisible Mothers - submitted by Daisy

Invisible Mother It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room w...

Sad News

It saddens me to tell you that Kathie T just lost her mother today. Our deepest sympathies and heartfelt prayers go out to Kathie & ...

Teens Getting Drunk on Hand Sanitizer

Thanks to Wilma for submitting this article! Teens Getting Drunk on Hand Sanitizer Teens have found a new way to become intoxicated,...

Marijuana. . . Where the Trouble Begins.

Where did this picture come from? We have attended a few of your meetings in the past, I need to get back to them to know that I am no...

Naloxone Debate: Prescription verses non-prescription.

FDA Hears Testimony About Making an Overdose Antidote Nonprescription Read mor e:

Today's Agenda

Julie and Alicia finish Internship. Surprise announcement. Val Ketter stopping by. Kathie's Wesley Spectrum Team was named Alleg...

PSST All-time Hits List

These links don't work but the ones on the right do. For a while, our Most Popular Posts for last 7 days is changed to PSST all-time ...

Bam Bam Back in Court - by Wilma

Today (Monday) we were back in court for Bam Bam's review hearing. Well, if he would have followed the rules of his consent decree he w...

Link to This American Life for Switched at Birth

Click here to go to This American Life original story . This true story complete with interviews of the prime players highlights the impo...

Your prayers, thoughts and advice are requested by Brigette

This has been a particularly painful week for our family. After a prolonged series of outbursts, threats, shov...

Am I overlooking the simple solution?

Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear. --Lao-tzu A group of friends went swimming one day and one of them lost a ring in the bottom of the l...

Greetings from the Other Side - by Jessica Rabbit

The Rabbit family has finally seen the light and crossed over to the other side. No, we did not die, but quite the opposite, we decided to...

A Quote by Samuel Clemens

At a recent office meeting I was talking with one our therapists about kids and sons in particular. She has three grown sons and shared thi...

It doesn't feel genuine.

Where did I find this image? I met with a PSST couple yesterday. We practised the "Agree with One or Two Things First" techniqu...

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