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.)

Driving while High/Stoned/Drunk

What if your child is regularly high, stoned, or drunk - do you let him/her drive your car? What if s/he needs to drive to get to work? ...

A Dose of Reality (aka The Two-Headed Beast) - written by Sally

Warning: Your Child’s Addiction May Be Fatal FATAL means he/she could die and you could live the rest of your life dealing wit...

More on Enabling (Not!)

Continuing with the theme of not enabling . . . click here for a post written by Raychelle Lohmann, an author and certified counselor. ...

Super Not Enabler

This is a theme at all our meetings. Indeed, with drug and alcohol addiction enabling and not enabling is a key concept. How do I know if...

Preventing Opioid Overdose with Naloxone

Unintentional drug overdose is now considered to be a leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Administering naloxone hyd...

Two Kinds of Boundaries

Click here to go to origin of graphic We discussed this in our group yesterday. This post attempts to differentiate between the two type...

Obsessions and Addiction

In our most recent PSST parents' support group meeting, we talked about how easy it is to let our fears and worries about our addicted...

April is Alcohol Awareness Month - submitted by Roxie

Outcry for Alcoholism Awareness: An Honest Answer Can Make a Life-Changing Difference by Roxie The month of April is designated as...

What Social Apps are your Kids Using?

What apps are your children using and what do they do? Texting and instant messaging aside, do you know what your child is doing on the ...

Taking Care of Yourself

The following is an excerpt/paraphrase from an article by Cathy Taughinbaugh. You can find her full text by clicking this link. Are...

You are Invited to Share your Experiences

You are invited to share your recovery-related experiences at either of two Listening Forums, sponsored by Allegheny County's Departm...

How to role-play (originally posted 9-19-13)

There has been some interest in what goes into putting together role-plays. Putting together a role-play at PSST might be easier than you t...

The power of our voice or Another Brick In the Wall

This is something that we don't talk about too often in group. The role-plays we do at PSST are good for assertiveness and there is pow...

How to best motivate your teenager.

Here's something I came across in a book I'm reading; it's not a parenting book or anything like that but this seems to me well ...

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