The Partnership For a Drug Free Americacontinues to post great resources for parents, check out Dr. Drew Pinsky speaking about “When Addiction Runs in the Family”.
When Addiction Runs in the Family
Filed Under: chemical dependency Tagged With: addiction, family, parenting
Reefer Madness?
Reefer Madness? Marijuana, increased potency is the gateway to a debate on addiction and treatment.
“It was as if she woke up one day, and decades of her life had disappeared. Joyce, 52 and a writer in Manhattan, started smoking pot when she was 15, and for years it was a pleasant escape, a calming protective cloud. Then it became an obsession, something she needed to get through the day. She found herself hiding her addiction from her family, friends and co-workers.”
Filed Under: loving to get high syndrome Tagged With: denial, depression, experimentation, getting high, loving to get high syndrome, lying, parenting, parenting troubled teens, smoking, tough love
A lesson From a Pro on “Loving to Get High”
I just bought a book that describes in the most vivid way, loving to get high. It is Rolling Away: My Agony with Ecstasy, by Lynn Marie Smith.
Lynn describes her first experience with ecstasy:
“We were all silently looking at one another, waiting for someone to make the first move. I went to take a drink of my beer and as the coldness trickled down my throat, I was suddenly underneath a waterfall. A beautiful air passed through my entire body. My eyes slowly closed and I was in slow motion.” P. 29
Filed Under: loving to get high syndrome Tagged With: consequences, depression, experimentation, getting high, life lessons, loving to get high syndrome, lying, parenting, parenting troubled teens, problems, rebellion, understanding
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