Every parents nightmare... you suspect your child is using alcohol and/or drugs. What can you do? Many would say it's just youthful experimentation and that it will run its course and then all will be well.
This may well be the case but it might not. Are you prepared to risk your child's future, maybe even their lives with a non-interventionist style of parenting? You will never regret having interfered in your child's life where alcohol and drugs are concerned and you may even be saving their life.
Parents play a significant role in their children’s lives. As their children grow into teens and young adulthood, parents are concerned about new risks they might experience. There is nothing that makes a parent feel more powerless than watch their son or daughter descend into the hell that is alcohol and/or drug addiction. But it doesn't need to happen.
Although teenagers are not the best when it comes to asking for help, there is no doubt that when substance abuse rears its ugly head they most definitely need it.
So it is up to you to to be able spot the signs of substance abuse in teenagers and know how to get them to stop, if you can do this then half the battle is won.
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Lead Writer/Reviewer : Kayla Loibl
Licensed Medical Health Professional
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I am a Mental Health Counselor who is licensed in both New York (LMHC) and North Carolina (LCMHC). I have been working in the Mental Health field since 2015. I have worked in a residential setting, an outpatient program and an inpatient addictions program. I began working in Long Island, NY and then in Guelph, Ontario after moving to Canada. Read More
Sources:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Parenting to Prevent Childhood Alcohol Use. January 2021. https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochures-and-fact-sheets/parenting-prevent-childhood-alcohol-use
Stanford Children’s Health. Alcohol Use Among Teens Is Epidemic. https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=alcohol-use-among-teens-is-epidemic-1-2443
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Teen Substance Use & Risks. February 10, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fasd/features/teen-substance-use.html
Michigan Health System. Teen Alcohol and Drug Use. https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/tp17749
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