This Week's Program
Curbing Underage Drinking
“The best way to approach [teen drinking] is to simply say: look, we have a zero tolerance policy for alcohol and drugs and it’s not even the legal issue, it’s really an issue of preserving your own physical development and making sure that you have every opportunity to be successful across your life.” –Brian Kelley
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Steve Carpenter
I agree the issue of teenage drinking is a serious problem. Many people think of it as partying but in reality teenage abuse of alcohol and drugs often masks the pain they feel. This pain sometimes emerges as more extreme forms of destructive behavior, like suicide.
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Finding Hope in Recovery:
Families Living with Addiction
TREATMENT & RECOVERY CENTERS
Caron Recovery Centers
Related Resources
For a list of some of the research, articles and publications completed by Dr. Kelley in this area of expertise, email us at info@ShapingFamilies.com.
WEBSITES
Curbing Binge Drinking Takes Group Effort
Outreach, Enforcement Can Curb College Kids' Drinking: Study
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment — A division for the US Department of Health & Human Services
Above the Influence: A fun and interactive website for youth going against the grain of acceptance that kids are going to be “under the influence” of drugs and alcohols.
Tips for Teens: The Truth about Alcohol
TV news story — A CBS TV news story from June 2006 showing “Teen Drinking Takes Toll on Brain: Study Shows Effects of Alcohol Can Last Far Longer than the Buzz”
BOOKS
Choices and Consequences: What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs by Dick Schaeffer, Hazelden Publishing.
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction, David Sheff
Raising Drug-Free Kids: 100 Tips for Parents, Aletha Solter
Love First: A Family’s Guide to Interventions, by Jeff & Debra Jay.
TREATMENT & RECOVERY CENTERS
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
LIVE RESOURCES
Find a Counselor: National Board of Certified Counselors
Find a Counselor: Psychology Today Directory
Burton's Blog
The Lessons from Jack
Burton Buller
Next Week
In the next Shaping Families program, you’ll meet Carol who lost her home and everything she had when her oldest son went on trial. She and her 12-year-old son ended up living in a car. Plus, the pastor of a congregation who lives in a neighborhood of high homelessness talks about their experiences regarding this need.
Favorite Family Recipes
Brunswick Stew
G. Don Whitmore, feed salesman, treasurer and all-around elder for Melodie's congregation, introduced her family to this Virginia favorite. He would make large quantities for congregational meeting potlucks or other church events. This recipe (Melodie's adaptation) comes from the collection of another Virginia cook, Martha Doughtie Cavanaugh, in Gather Round Our Table.
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