talking to kids aobut their genetic predisposition to drug and alcohol abuse?

Question

any good resources out there?

Answer 1

All of your abstinence groups touch on drug and alcohol abuse.

The Right Step an Alcoholics Anonymis (AA) program is a good resource program for rehabilitation.

Alcohol addiction is often ancestral, heredity, and genetic. I truly believe in addictive personalities and substituting one for another like quitting smoking and taking up over eating. It has been seen too much to deny. All addictions are rooted in the need to be loved. Alcoholism, molestation and victimization run in families. There are familiar spirits that travel in families. The 12 Step program seems to teach "once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic." Not true, because God can rewire anything back to perfection where it use to be. When you say "no" God will meet you and honor that decision. Seen it happen too many times.

Answer 2

Kids will be kids - From my experience, I am 1 of 5 kids in my family that in the early 70's -smoked pot and drank beer, ONLY because thats what my close friends did! Had I changed the group friends I would not have!

It is up to the individual! They control their decisions/thought patterns... You can try and guide but be cautious because if you try to make them not do what they want - try reverse psychology - and offer alternative options to out come.

AA and NA can work if an individual has honest desire (NEED if on probation) to quit! It worked for me, though pot was my choice, I preferred AA meetings as more of them had stopped several years before NA even started...

GOOD LUCK with decisions!!!

Answer 3

Awwww, pleaaassseee. Just send them, ( along with their freinds), to an "Just Say No To Drugs" Seminar..Don`t make a big deal out of things..Poor kids, they aren`t drug addicts.