Need Advice with Teen Son in Crisis in Peoria Arizona

Hi R., Being a teenager is hard but being the mother if a teenager is harder. I don't know if you are of any specific religious background but I have found that when I was younger and doing some out right stupid things, getting involved at a church and getting christian based counseling always turned me around. Now I'm grown with children of my own and I have alot of support in parenting at my church. I go to Vineyard Church at 63rd ave and Peoria. I invite you to come and check it out and let him check out the youth classes. They have great counseling there and it's always free. Here's the link to the website, www.vineyardnorthphoenix.com Good luck and God Bless.
B.

Hi R.,
I'm sorry to hear about your troubles with your son. Sounds like he may need to check into a Rehab where they can detox him of the drugs he's taking, and also provide some deep counseling for him and you to see what the problem is. Are you a recent divorcee? Could be part of the problem there. How is your other teenager doing? Unfortunately at 15, it's hard to get your children to listen because they think they know everything and you're always wrong. It also sounds like he's hanging around the wrong crowd. And that crowd could very well be his total influence on these things he's doing. Here is a link I found for "troubled teens". This website is actually for Parents with troubled teens and they can assist you on what to do. They have a phone number on this website and I believe you can call at any time. Check it out. I hope it helps. For your son's sake. God Bless, G. http://teenlifelines.com/index.html?gelci=troubled+teens&...

I think if this was happening to my sons I would pack up and move to a very small town in Nebraska, where I am from (population 85). This would get him away from his peers and in the middle of no where it is a lot harder to run away. Rent is cheap there so it wouldn't cost much and maybe it would help, like a intervention of sorts. My kids are still young but I do worry about the peer presure in this city. Good luck.

My family struggled with this also, but with my brother. Check out this site, http://wwasps.net/. It helped my brother and my family. It was hard having him so far, he was at Cross Creek in Utah, but it has turned out to be well worth it.