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.)

Dangers of Liquid Nicotine

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Did you know that liquid nicotine, an e-liquid used in e-cigarettes and personal vaporizers, is a powerful neurotoxin, unregulated by fed...

It's a Long Way Down!

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Here's a photo of our own Abby, rappelling down the side of a building as part of the Shatterproof Challenge held in Pittsburgh in Jul...

101 Natural Highs

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Those of you who have a Kindle might be interested in Cathy Taughinbaugh’s e-book “101 Natural Highs for an Amazing Drug-Free Life”.  I...

Our Story - Max, Mel, Michael & David

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In 2008, our oldest son had been arrested for beating up a kid and taking his iPod, along with another boy. We were totally in shock. We n...
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Developing Intimacy within your Family

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Our recent PSST meetings have had a recurring theme about creating and maintaining intimacy within the family. Click here   for an article...

Shatterproof Rappelling Event in Pgh Rescheduled

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The Shatterproof Challenge Pittsburgh rappelling event has been rescheduled for Tuesday, July 15 .  All additional information requeste...

7 Drugs that can Kill Kids in a Single Pill

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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?

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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!

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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

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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!

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Emerging Drug Trends

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

Shatterproof Challenge

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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

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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...
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