Drug and Alcohol Counseling

Riverside Brookfield High School

DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELING

TO HELP EMPOWER AND SUPPORT FAMILIES

Resources

However you cut it, adolescent use of alcohol and other illicit drugs, ultimately, means loss of freedom and independence. Such use undermines and can, eventually, destroy the trust between parent and child and other adults who play a role in a teen’s life. It can destroy the trust a teen may enjoy with non-using and using friends alike. Click to read more...

Check Out These Articles... *Does Your Friend Have an Alcohol or Other Drug Problem? What Can You Do to Help?* (Center for Health Communication of the Harvard School of Public Health) *Why the Teen Brain is Vulnerable* (Scholastic.com) Kids as Messengers on Teenage Drinking (The New York Times) *Underage Drinking & Alcohol Possession Penalties* (Illinois Liquor Control Commission) Check Out These Sites... *Freevibe.com* *The Science Behind Drug Abuse* (National Institute on Drug Abuse) *Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of American* (collection of links) Alcoholics Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous Alateen *Make Up Your Own Mind About Cough Medicine* (The Partnership for a Drug-Free America) Check Out This Video... HBO: Addiction (The library owns this video, which is available for checkout)