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Choices and Consequences: What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs : A Step-By-Step System That Really Works

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Of all the books I've read on the subject of teenagers and drug/alcohol abuse, this is by far the best. The authors clearly spell out exactly why you're right to be worried and how to help. They explain how to conduct an "intervention" to cut through the teen's denial that drugs/alcohol is a problem for her or him. By presenting treatment options and contracts as her or his "choices," parents and others can also give up the sense of fear that leads to ineffectual efforts to control someone else's drinking or drug use. Once you let go and realize that--just as the teen you care about has a choice (including using)--you have a choice to impose consequences that range from mild to severe. The book is oddly reassuring and direct. A must-read for any parent or friend of a substance using teen.

THIS LITTLE BOOK, WITH ONLY 139 PAGES, GIVES PARENTS THE ANSWERS! It is a great place to start when trying to get your family back together.

This is truely an easy to read, step-by-step book. Explaining first the teenager's brain and thinking and what stresses a teenager has in their life, then going on to reasons for drug use, and practical, tangible ways to deal with it. This is a great book for any parent of a teenager to read, whether or not they have found their child trying drugs. It is a great "heads up" informative sourcebook. I esp liked the section on what special emotional needs that teens are looking to have fulfilled during adolescence. It is really helpful to read that as a parent of any teenager.

It's so important for parents to DO SOMETHING when they discover their teen using alcohol or other drugs. This no-nonsense approach is one of the best I've seen, and I've been counseling for over 20 years.

I bought this book and read it before talking to a drug counseler. This was the #1 book recommended by them. I found it extremely useful, and helpful in that I felt much more in control after understanding the issues that teens face when facing an addiction. I particularly found the stage of use/abuse outlined in the book to be exactly like what the professional abuse counselers used. Highly recommend!

"This book describes a step by step process you can use to help stop a teenager's harmful involvement with substance abuse.

One of my favorite chapters is the one "You sat on the burner, you sit on the blisters."

Another resource that is similar but directed more toward the families of those addicted is the book/DVD Why Don't They Just Quit? What families and friends need to know about addiction and recovery.

Judy Herzanek
Dir. Creative Development and Marketing/Changing Lives Foundation
Why Don't They Just Quit? What families and friends need to know about addiction and recovery.
DVD:Why Don't They Just QUIT? DVD Roundtable Discussion: What families and friends need to know about addiction and recovery.
Kindle Edition:Why Don't They Just Quit?

This book tells you precisely how you can help and was selected by the board of directors for www.Parentshelpingparents.info as one of only two books recommended to our parents of teens. It describes a step-by-step process called intervention that you can use to stop a teenager's harmful involvement with chemicals.

Warren Pat Nichols
Founder
Parents Helping Parents, Inc.