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.)

Moments that Make a Mother Proud

Graduation with Admiration, ‘Say Cheese’ by Roxie Days before walking down the aisle for a diploma, Lenny was locked in a cell with...

Hitting Bottom: A Worthy Goal?

written by Brigitte The PSST meeting this week was chock full: there were several terrific role-plays and good discussio...

My Son & The Addict

My son will be 27 in a couple of weeks and we once again have a close relationship. However we had our rough spots. He was arrested at 1...

Incarceration vs Graduation

Lenny’s Incarceration 5 Days Before Graduation – by Roxie An Ode to Lighten My Load On Friday, the high-school bell rang for S...

Is He? Or Isn't He?

I Am Not An Addict, Just an Acronym of One – by Roxie My son, Lenny, has been out of juvenile placement now for almost three months,...

Celebration & Thanks - a letter from Wilma

Celebration : Regardless of how many mistakes your child has made (& continues to make), it's important to recognize and celebr...

YOUR HONOR, TODAY I SPEAK AS A CONCERNED LOVING PARENT...

SPECIAL COMMENT: "Wow did this letter bring back painful memories...almost 6 years ago that I wrote this....Lloyd you posted it on ...

Roxie's Rodeo - by Roxie

In 2007, I was a proud mom watching my twins, Lena and Lenny, win their state’s Bible Quiz Championship. Obtaining that winning spot r...

Letting Go - by Wilma

THANKS!! I want to thank Roxie for bringing the balloons to opening day at our new meeting location. I would also like to thank Jim an...

NEW LOCATION - PSST South Hills Meeting - This Saturday April 20

We've moved! Begining This Saturday April 20, the 3rd PSST Saturday meeting of each month will be held at Saints Simon and Jude C...

The Changing Faces of Addiction

Switching Addictions with Lascivious Lenny – by Roxie Lenny’s twin sister, Lena, hears him talk openly at home about his sexual exploi...

Redemption - submitted by Roxie

Lenny’s Role in Recovery Play Leaves Roxie Profoundly Hopeful – by Roxie One-and-a-half years ago, Lenny robbed a woman, knocking h...

A Younger Sister's View of Addiction

I want to share a short story my daughter Kitt wrote for her high school Literature class. The assignment was to write a short story bas...

22 Things Happy People Do Differently

Submitted by Kathie T (original internet source unknown) T here are two types of people in the world: those w h o ch...

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