Excellent Parent Handbook

“Navigating the Teen Years: a Parent’s Handbook for Raising Healthy Teens” helps parents guide teens to a healthy life. Download your copy.

Toll-Free Parents Helpline from drugfree.org

Parent Specialists are available to help you– in English or Spanish. Call  Monday to Friday,  10:00 am – 6:00 pm ET

1-855-DRUGFREE  or 855-378-4373

Book Recommendations

We’ve found many books to be helpful and added them to our recommended reading list.

Useful Links

• Find a board registered interventionist/addiction specialist at http://www.apathtorecovery.com
• Learn about the signs of drug use, find out if your child is abusing drugs, locate a treatment center and much more at http://www.drugfree.org
• Learn about the dangers of methamphetamine and the successes in derailing meth use at http://www.methproject.org
• Get experience, strength and hope from three mothers whose children battle addiction at http://www.MothersSeekingSerenity.wordpress.com
• Learn about support for the family through Al-anon and Alateen at http://www.ncwsa.org
• Find out about the Sacramento-area health resources offered by The Effort at http://www.theeffort.org
• Kent Morrison, MA, CADC II, BCCR, New Directions Counseling Associates in Fair Oaks, CA