Addiction Beachside Teen Treatment Center Archives

13 Apr

5 Signs of Teen Alcohol Abuse

Around 30% of all American 10th grade high school students admit to having consumed alcohol over the last year. As teens get older, those numbers increase and more underage drinkers can be classified as binge drinkers. For any parent, these are worrying statistics. Even a teenager who doesn’t display any overt…

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

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

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…