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Experimentation is what most teens do. Our son started with marijuana the summer before his freshmen year of high school. The beginning of his Sophomore year he purchased Xanax on the street to share with friends. He took them all and was high for 48 hours. We immediately did everything we could to get him into our local recovery center. This was the first of many trips to...
Season 3 has not disappointed. I still love the Goonie-esq vibe the show’s creator has instilled… pause…wait for it….there is a “but” coming……BUT, I am perturbed…Like season 2, the creators have written into the script the suggestion that Kiera’s parents have had it with her and are suggesting she go away to a wilderness “camp”. This season isn’t any better than last in representing wilderness therapy. It is...
In my certification course to become a Family Recovery Coach, part of my homework was to reflect on how I/we added love (or if we did) in contributing to Carson’s recovery. Wow! Well, yes….duh! Right?! I’m his mom, Sloan is his dad, of course we loved him! After, reading through the chapter from the book Balm: The Loving Path to Family Recovery (which my course work is...
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Stories about wilderness range from life-saving transformations to devastating failures, and often, the loudest voices online lean toward fear and controversy. That’s why I’m so excited to be joined by filmmakers Mark Strauss and Vince Dixon, co-directors of the upcoming documentary Forest for the Trees: The Truth About Wilderness Therapy. With lived experience of loss, addiction, and healing in their own families, Mark and Vince share why they...
Stories about wilderness range from life-saving transformations to devastating failures, and often, the loudest voices online lean toward fear and controversy. That’s why I’m so excited to be joined by filmmakers Mark Strauss and Vince Dixon, co-directors of the upcoming documentary Forest for the Trees: The Truth About Wilderness Therapy. With lived experience of loss, addiction, and healing in their own families, Mark and Vince share why they...
For the entire month of May, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Joanna is bringing you a special parent series, where she interviews parents whose children have overcome a variety of mental health challenges. Having grown up as an only child, Dawn didn’t know fully what she was in for when she and her husband brought two boys into the world. When her boys were teenagers, they...
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All views are my own and come from our familiy’s experience chasing our son through his teen years as his substance use progressed. We have learned a great deal and have made reputable connections that we would like to pass along.
Content in regards to our son’s stories have been approved by them.
