Drug and Alcohol Counseling

Riverside Brookfield High School

DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELING

TO HELP EMPOWER AND SUPPORT FAMILIES

Resources

The rise and pervasiveness of adolescent use of alcohol and other drugs is one of the greatest sources of conflict and pain in American homes today. While many teens who experiment with and use alcohol and other drugs believe that it is of no concern to anyone but themselves, the fact remains that everyone loses as the allure and pleasure of a chemically induced “high” can, progressively, take over. Teens seem oblivious and powerless as their healthy, positive interests, academic performance, and family and peer relationships deteriorate. Parents and other family members often feel helpless living with fear and dread not knowing what the next phone call or knock at the door might bring. Click to read more...

Check Out These Articles... Addiction is a Brain Disease, Alan I. Leshner, MD. (National Institute on Chemical Dependency) Why Can't Teenagers Just Say No? Blame it on Their Brains, Lauran Neergard. (Associated Press) Teens: Alcohol and Other Drugs (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) Affluent Youth Prone to High Distress, Substance Abuse (Center for the Advancement of Health) *There is a Link Between Teenage Drug Use and Overindulgent Parents* (Teendrugabuse.us) *When Parents Just Say No* (TIME) Straight Talk With Teens (CIGNA) *Stages of Addiction, (The New York Times)* Enabling Behavior (The New York Times) *Governnor Blagojevich Signs Legislation Cracking Down on Parents That Permit Underage Drinking at Home, (State of Illinois Liquor Control Commission) Check Out These Sites...* Adolescent Treatment Options (collection of links) *Alanon* Families Anonymous Adult Children of Alcoholics Check Out These Books... Choices & Consequences: What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs, by Dick Schaefer *Should You Medicate Your Child's Mind? A Child Psychiatrist Makes Sense of Whether or Not to Give Kids Meds, by Elizabeth Roberts, MD Check Out This Video...* *Take the Time*, funded in part by Rosecrance Treatment Centers