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• Selling Rehabilitation March 19, 2012
  The goal of a parent or loved one of an addicted teen is to get them help. To get their addicted teen clean and off the path to self-harm and onto the path of better health and choices sounds easier than it is actually is. You have to convince a teen with addiction that they need to stop their self-injurious behaviours and instead go away to live in a drug r […]
• How To Pay For Treatment February 14, 2012
  We all know the window of opportunity is very small when a teen addict decides she is ready and wants help for her addiction. We need to work quickly. There is so much to consider and everything seems like a big jumble of thoughts and feelings. The emotional side is usually prominent and difficult to sort out. You are probably having a hodgepodge of feelings […]
• The Definition of Help February 10, 2012
  Once an addicted teen has reached out, getting her into rehabilitation facility post haste is the key for her health turn around. Due to the fickle nature of a teen girl, flip-flopping on even the most mundane decisions like what to wear, how to style her hair or what purse to match her outfit, if she has a moment of clarity and realizes she needs help, jump […]
• Fighting the Party February 6, 2012
  When your teen girl is addicted to ecstasy, her body will pay the price. Using ecstasy is said to suppress the need to eat, drink, or sleep, enabling a teen to party non-stop for 2-3 days. Imagine the mind and body of a teen girl coming off of endless days of non-stop partying with no sleep or food and water for fuel. The body is a machine that requires basi […]
• Losing a Life to Ecstasy February 3, 2012
  MDMA, more commonly known as ecstasy to teens in the know, was the 6th member of our group of friends. Party Pam we call it. Hey, is Pam coming to the party? We’d ask each other on the phone, in clear earshot of our parents, choking back a knowing laugh. Have you seen Pam lately? We’d enquire to the older brother of a friend that dealt us our pills. Pam was […]
• The Enemy You Know February 1, 2012
  What is the sensation like when your teen is high on ecstasy? Teens who have used ecstasy describe the high as producing profoundly positive feelings, empathy for others, elimination of anxiety, and extreme relaxation. Ecstasy is most commonly used at all night parties, called raves. Using ecstasy is also said to suppress the need to eat, drink, or sleep, en […]
• The Dangerous Party January 31, 2012
  Teen ecstasy use is a reality that parents must be aware of. So, what is ecstasy? A “party” drug, users claim that MDMA produces intense feelings of pleasure, empathy, warmth and happiness. It also increases sensitivity to music, makes people more emotionally open, and has a stimulating, speedy physical effect. This would explain why it is the drug of choice […]
• The Agony of Ecstasy January 30, 2012
  Teen drug abuse is always a cause for concern. When there is a sudden rash of deaths because of ecstasy, alarms should ring out. Whether the ecstasy overdoses are caused by a bad batch or terrible coincidence, what it creates is an opportunity for conversation with your teen about the dangers of ecstasy, teen drug abuse and why it should be avoided. […]
• Essential Healing January 28, 2012
  When you’re addicted to a poisonous substance, whether it’s alcohol or drugs, you don’t remember what it was like before you got high and you can hardly imagine what it would be like to not wake up and immediately get high. The rest of the world gets up, eats a sensible breakfast, showers until they’re squeaky clean and trots smartly off to school. A teen ad […]
• Holistic Healing January 27, 2012
  Every drug rehab for girls wants to achieve the same goal – have your addicted teen be sober and ready to live her life clean at the end of her stay there. During her stay at a drug rehab for girls, an addicted teen will travel a very emotional and physically draining path. Getting to the root of an addiction, especially a teen addiction is no summer camp an […]