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.)

7 Drugs that can Kill Kids in a Single Pill

The following information is from an article published by the ABC News Medical Unit. For the complete article, click here. Accor...

Have a Story to Share?

We invite you to share your story with us - using, of course, "pen names" to maintain your family's anonymity. Knowing that ...

Happy Father's Day!

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one,...

5 Love Languages for Teenagers

At a recent PSST meeting, someone mentioned the 5 Love Languages, as presented in the book by Gary Chapman: words of affirmation, acts of...

Happy Memorial Day!

Emerging Drug Trends

What do gravel, puppy chow, lemon drop, spice, molly, purple drank, and bromo dragonfly all have in common? Their innocuous names are...

Shatterproof Challenge

Our own Adventurous Abby is going to rappel from the side of the Westin at Liberty Center in Pittsburgh on June 25 th . Abby is looking ...

Happy Mother's Day

In whatever way you can, no matter how difficult your family's situation may be right now, try to find a way to celebrate your love...

Why Mothers Cry

"Why are you crying?" he asked his Mom. "Because I am a mother," she told him. "I don't understand,...

Adding to your Toolbox

One of our PSST dads shared the following at a recent PSST meeting: Over the years, most men accumulate a lot of tools in their...

Presentations on Addiction Prevention & Treatment - Tuesday, April 29

Power of Intention, Wisdom & Hope You are invited to attend an evening of presentations, specifically designed to educate and sup...

Lives in the Balance

The FDA recently approved a new opioid pain medication called Zohydro ER, which is intended for patients dealing with chronic pain. It is...

Starting Over, One More Time

As a short recap, Dylan was released home in January from a placement (his fifth), soon after his successful graduation from high school....

Finding your own Path

Click here and here to read the story of a father’s struggle to deal with his son’s heroin addiction. Below are two quotes from Dav...

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