Beachside Teen Treatment Center

13 Apr

Long Term Sobriety for Your Teen

Completing an addiction treatment program may be the hardest thing that a teen has had to do in their short life. Unfortunately, once a teen leaves a residential program, the journey of long-term sobriety is just beginning. Maintaining it requires hard work, lifestyle changes, and continued support. It is like…
13 Apr

Is Your Teenager Using Heroin?

While it seemed that everyone was using heroin in the 1970s, more young people are using and in fact, dying from heroin use today than ever before. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, almost 200 people between the ages of 15 and 24 died from a…
13 Apr

Teen Addiction: 7 Red Flags

Do you feel overwhelmed and out of touch with your teenager and their unexplained behavior? Are you confused by the strange attitude, erratic, spontaneous outbursts and periods of giddiness? If you are like most parents of teenagers, the period between ages 12 and 19 can be frustrating, confusing, stressful and…
13 Apr

How does Teen Addiction Happen?

The teenage years are many things: exciting, nerve-wracking, depressing, fun, and difficult. You strive to fit in, to be somebody. Your life is about school and friends and family. But, being a teenager is one thing; being a teen with mental health or addiction issues is incredibly hard. Many teens…
13 Apr

Drug Addiction & Peer Pressure

The teenage years are riddled with pressures from every angle. Pressure at school to complete homework and to get good grades. Pressure at home to be respectful, help around the house and to conform to the familial unit. Social pressure to fit in, to find their group of friends and…