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.)

Marijuana and E-Cigs

Local reports from Florida, New York, and Philadelphia have reported on the trend of using electronic cigarettes to vaporize marijuana,...

A Teen's View of Prescription Drug Abuse

(Thanks to Mary Canary for sharing this article.) With his new documentary, “Out of Reach,” filmmaker Cyrus Stowe, a senior at a Dalla...

Parents of the Year Speech

Quote from Paul & Anne's Parents of the Year acceptance speech at the Allegheny County awards ceremony, October 2013: Please rem...

The Word is Out . . .

The Allegheny County Juvenile Probation Awards Ceremony was held tonight in Pittsburgh, so now it’s official! Anne & Paul at the PS...

Addiction & Loss

Thanks to "Wilma" for sending us the following article about a documentary film focused on heroin addiction. Using her own ...

Resources for You!

Thanks to "Mary Canary" for sending us information on the following resources for parents and their communities: "Out ...

Parent of the Year announced at PSST this Saturday at Eastern District Office!

Come celebrate with us! This is our annual Award. The actual award will be given on Thursday, October 10th at the Allegheny County Awa...

The Serenity Prayer With A Twist By Ed

The Serenity Prayer With A Twist By Ed As a parent and longtime volunteer at Gateway Rehabilitation Center Greentree in the Family Nigh...

Are You Having Trouble Leaving a Comment?

Are You Having Trouble Leaving a Comment? [I just noticed that this post is the most widely read this week; therefore, I have updated the...

Gaming (or what does People, Places and Things mean?)

Click to see source At our Wexford meeting the question came up, "Our Son is obsessed with Internet Gaming. Should we allow him to ...

Son, lemme get your advice on something...

Last Saturday at PSST we talked about how to build a closer relationship with our teenager. As our guest Jean Ann from a local inpatient p...

Roxie's Relapse

Roxie’s Relapse – Living Life through Lenny by Roxie I never thought I would reminisce on Lenny’s various th...

Just for fun...

I got a good laugh out of this article. I hope you enjoy it. This is not one of those "If the shoe fits, wear it" articles. I w...

Paradoxical Techniques

Click here to see orignal Why something like "Ask Me Again" techniques work with our teenagers: I've just read an interes...

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