Last week we (my husband and I) met with our parent support group for teens that have been in Residential Treatment, more specifically Heritage School in Provo, Utah. This is an informal group of parents that live in our community; five families (including us) that have had teens in an RTC at the same [...]
Amazingly bringing your teen home can be as stressful as sending them away. My son has been home for one month and this some of he insight I shared with a parent with at teen that is aging out in a few weeks.
I came across this website recently and it looks like it would be a useful resource for those in recovery along with family and friends. In The Rooms— is An Online Social Networking Site for the Recovery Community. Those of you familiar with this type of social networking platform will have no problem feeling comfortable.
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We are on the second to the last day of a 5 day home visit, and an amazing visit it has been. Sometimes I have to pinch myself I cannot believe the positive changes my son has made and that he has come back to life, earth, this planet. Which he was not part of [...]