SEBASTOPOL, CA --Every day more youth become dangerously involved
with drugs and alcohol, to the point of abuse. Adolescent drug
and alcohol abuse occurs in the lives of teenagers regardless
of their socio-economic level, how often they go to church or
whether their parents are married or divorced.
The problem is widespread and getting worse every day. The
average age a teen starts drinking alcohol is 13, with
marijuana experimentation beginning at age 14. We live in
a culture where a six-year old can get a loaded gun at
home from a 19-year-old drug dealer and take it to school
to kill a first-grade classmate.
Nikki Babbit, PhD has written
Adolescent
Drug & Alcohol Abuse: How to Spot it, Stop It and Get Help for Your
Family to offer
experience and hope to parents who are faced with the
possibility that their adolescent may be a substance abuser.
She has experienced family alcoholism and recovery as both
a daughter and a parent. As the director of a treatment
program for adolescent addicts and alcoholics for 15 years,
Babbit provides parents, family members and professionals
with information on how to:
- Spot the signs of abuse in a teenager
- Overcome family confusion, denial and excuses to get adolescents the
help they need
- Find allies in the community
- Select quality assessment/treatment facilities
- Take care of themselves during this trying time
Adolescent Drug & Alcohol Abuse is the only book on the market
that provides up-to-date interviews on the topic from teen
addicts/alcoholics, parents, teachers, school counselors,
therapists, juvenile court professionals and treatment counselors.
Identifying the problem is often the greatest hurdle for
parents to overcome. Babbit offers guidance on what parents
can do about the problem and how to improve their lives even
if the abuse continues.
About the Author
Nikki Babbit, PhD has spent the last 35 years working with
adolescents and families, first as a high school teacher and
then as a school psychologist and adolescent and family
therapist working in schools, psychiatric wards and public
health clinics. In 1989, she traveled to the Soviet Union to
help begin AA and Al-Anon. Her personal family experiences
with alcoholism and addiction and her past 20 years of working
in a highly successful drug/alcohol treatment program for
adolescents and their families in Cleveland, Ohio, give her
a unique, informed perspective. She is also the author of
the booklet Is My Child Chemically Dependent? (Community
Intervention Press, 1988).
Adolescent
Drug & Alcohol Abuse: How to Spot It, Stop It,
and Get Help for Your Family
by Nikki Babbit
$17.95, 304 pages, paperback
ISBN: 1-56592-755-9
PUBLICATION DATE: April 2000
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