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On-line Forum for Parents

September 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

In 1949 two wonderful things happened, I was born and Hazelden Treatment Center started providing treatment for alcoholics. Fast forward 61 years, I am writing a blog for parents and Hazelden has launched an on-line forum for parents. We have joined the the new media era of the World Wide Web.

“Families Facing Addiction, Uniting families in hope and healing” can be found by clicking here.

As a parent raising a kid that loves to get high you will find valuable resources from blogs, videos, forums, chat rooms, and event postings for community education.

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Happy Birthday AA

July 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Happy 75th Birthday AA

Twenty years ago on a cold snowy winter night in Akron Ohio, a co-worker and I visited the home of Dr. Bob, Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. Over the course of the evening a dozen or so members of the Founders Fellowship dropped in for support, fellowship and some black coffee. It was an absolute honor to hang out in Dr. Bob’s kitchen and talk about sobriety with a direct line to where it all started. At that time they were celebrating 55 years of helping Alcoholics stay sober.

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Things Our Kids Want and Need

May 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I’ve created a list of things that our sons and daughters want and need.

Acceptance, Adventure, Affection, Affluence, Appreciation, Belonging, Bliss, Boldness, Care, Cleverness, Confidence, Connection, Control, Coolness, Courage, Curiosity, Desire, Determination, Devotion, Dignity, Discovery, Ecstasy, Encouragement, Energy, Enjoyment, Entertainment, Enthusiasm, Experience, Fairness, Fame, Family, Fashion, Freedom, Fun, etc.

This is a partial “List of Values” important to our kids. It includes A-F, only 6 of the 26 letters in the alphabet. As short as this list is, it speaks volumes about their emotional wants and needs.

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Values Worth Fighting For

December 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

No matter who we are, we all have the same Values.

How could this be true? It is not the presence or absence of values, we all work off of the same list, it is how important  they are to us. How we prioritize them? How we honor them?

If your number one value is concern for others and your son/daughters number one value is friendship, you may assume that there would be no conflict. At first glance they seem completely compatible, but when you look more closely, you can see that values can give us something to fight about.

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Consequences: Confronting Parent’s Denial

August 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
  • When you get a call late Saturday night telling you that your son has overdosed and is in the Emergency Room, your DENIAL is confronted.
  • When the Principal calls and tells you that your daughter has been suspended for coming to school drunk, your DENIAL is confronted.
  • When you wake up in the middle of the night and your car and your kid are gone, your DENIAL is confronted, or at least it should be.
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