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Talk to Your Kids About Drugs Without Talking About Your Own Drug Use

Posted by Steps to Recovery on February 22, 2013 How will you talk to your kids about drugs? As a parent, one thing I think about quite a little bit is how I will talk to my young daughter about drugs when the time comes. I have a ways to go, but it’s still something I find on my mind quite often. Will I share my experiences with her, that

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3 Important Things to Remember for Parents of Addicts

Posted by Steps to Recovery on February 20, 2013 Being the parents of an addict is one of the hardest things someone will ever go through. It is never easy to acknowledge or accept that our children have intense and heartbreaking problems like addiction which can lead down paths of criminal activity, health issues, serious loss and even possibly death. It is hard to admit the truth to ourselves when

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Giving Children Speed to Help Them Get Better Grades

Posted on Steps to Recovery on December 30, 2012 I read an article today that set me spinning. Literally made my head and stomach feel woozy. In the wake of my best friend’s kindergarten age son’s teacher telling her that he needs to be medicated (for normal 5 year old behavior) this struck my core. Very scary stuff. From the New York Times on October 9, 2012…. CANTON, Ga. —

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How to Talk to Your Child About Drugs

By Steps to Recovery on November 18, 2012 The other day, as my doctor was doing a treatment on my back, he asked me how to talk to his child about drugs when she is old enough. My doctor has asked me plenty of questions in the past about parenting, because you see, I do it a little differently than he does and he finds my feedback interesting. For example,

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The Connection Between Recovery and Motherhood

By Steps to Recovery on November 16, 2012 For me, there is a HUGE connection between Recovery and Motherhood. Even though this has nothing to do with drugs, for me. Being a mom makes me constantly look at myself, and it is ever forcing me to look at my stuff. And a lot is shifting for me, every single day. I want to change the world by changing myself, I

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Enabling and The Ability to Say No!

By Steps to Recovery on November 16, 2012 Being enabled is a key ingredient in an addicts active drug use. In an active addiction, a drug addict’s mindset is only concerned with one thing: the next high. Addicts have a full time job in finding weak links who do not have the ability to set boundaries and say no to them. Most normal people, when given an inch, will usually take a

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