These Are The Ways That I Have Crawled Out of Depression, To Date

These Are The Ways That I Have Crawled Out of Depression,...

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The Road to Heaven: Putting Teen Struggles into Perspective

The Road to Heaven: Putting Teen Struggles into Perspective

One of the most difficult things for the parent of a troubled teen to do is put the struggles their child is experiencing into perspective. When you have a son or daughter experiencing difficulties, it...

2,000 Drugs Authorities May Never Be Able to Outlaw As If You Didnt Have Enough To Worry About

2,000 Drugs Authorities May Never Be Able to Outlaw As If...

The War On Drugs is over?  Who won? This article is not a prediction, it's a warning. The war on drugs has claimed many casualties over the years. It was a battle that was always going to be hard to win. But it looks like the war is...

Teens Get Mixed Messages on Molly From The World

Teens Get Mixed Messages on Molly From The World

By now, you've probably had it explained to you a few times (and maybe a few times too many) what Molly is. But just in case, it's a term that describes the club drug MDMA, which is supposedly a pure form of Ecstasy,...

Relief From Anxiety Without Leaving Home

Relief From Anxiety Without Leaving Home

It's probably important to start out like this: there's no substitute for good treatment. Nothing that we say here should make you think that it's ok to seek a half-measure of help when what you need to find is a full serving. In...

Rando-fests: Drunk Teens Hooking Up With Random People At Crazy Parties

Rando-fests: Drunk Teens Hooking Up With Random People At...

I tried to think of a better way to write that headline. Something that wouldn't have seemed so ridiculously over the top and scaremongering. But what that headline says is what this article is about. Teens are throwing some...

What Lesson Can We Learn From The Urge To Get Wasted

What Lesson Can We Learn From The Urge To Get Wasted

Addiction doesn't simply happen to anyone, even those of us with severe genetic predispositions to drug and alcohol abuse going back for generations. That means that there's always going to be a trigger, something that leads one to abuse...

Are Some Addictions Worse Than Others for Young Adults

Are Some Addictions Worse Than Others for Young Adults

Are some addictions worse than others for young adults?  This is a very tough question to say the least.  Addictions come in such a variety of forms; Drug addiction, Alcoholism, Gaming addiction, even...

Teenage Boys Are Prone To Eating Disorders at the Same Rate as Girls

Teenage Boys Are Prone To Eating Disorders at the Same...

For the longest time no one in their right mind would have believed that teenage boys would be just as prone to eating disorders as girls.  Eating disorders have so long been a feminine struggle that if...