Timothy Titus M.P.H.
We can use labels like addict, chemically dependent, drug abuser and alcoholic. But with all of these labels we miss the most important part of the picture; prior to the development of any problem with a drug, kids fall in love with getting high.
The kids label this as fun! And what ends up becoming a problem, starts out for them as a solution.
Kids fall in love with the feeling of being high. This experience for them provides a real solution to real problems. It helps them find something that is missing in their lives.
- Bored kids are able to create excitement
- Lonely kids make new friends
- Scared kids find courage
- Sad kids discover happiness
- Defiant kids find something to fight about
- Depressed kids get an emotional lift
Parents, as long as we wait for a diagnosable problem with concrete evidence that can be labeled and that we can do an Intervention on, we’ve waited too long.
The loving to get high syndrome™ gives us ample evidence that a problem already exists, it’s just not obvious. Kids who love to get high keep it a secret. It is a huge deal for them which they will go out of their way to keep hidden.
- They don’t want to get busted.
- They don’t want to give up their freedom.
- They don’t want to lose what they love the most, getting high.
- They don’t want us as parents to figure any of this out.
But figuring this out is exactly what we need to do.
My wife Karen and I have first hand experience with an adolescent who loves getting high. With the information on this Blog and the Tele-Seminars provided we will also provide Personal Coaching for parents interested in identifying and dealing with a son or daughter who might be in the middle of this loving to get high syndrome™.
For more information please contact us at Coacht@usinternet.com.
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