My son was struggling in his junior year of high school. My husband and I took him to psychiatrists and psychologists who told us that he suffered from ADHD. The doctors prescribed him Adderal. From this point, the problems that we noticed with him spun out of control. He stopped going to school and dropped out. He was arrested for selling his prescription of Adderal to kids at a local middle school.

We soon figured out that kids like to crush this up and snort it like cocaine. We sent our son to a California drug rehab , where we live. The program took a holistic approach to working with our son to help him with his addiction.

At first a counselor came out and met with our son. This counselor was easily able to relate to our son and made the transition to entering the rehab center extremely pleasant. The counselor keeps in touch with us and our son regularly to check up on him.

Many parents ignore, or just don’t see the problems that their children are faced with. Get in touch with professionals trained in addictions, these people are there to help and can find you a non 12 step rehab .

• Read More »