AHS Views

I read an article today about Superior Court Commissioner Brian Rees and his determination to get addiction help for kids no matter what he has to do.

He uses the several options at his disposal – probation, detention, a week or two in juvenile prison, residential drug rehab and, finally, drug court, to give a kid every opportunity to straighten out. If they don’t, they eventually go to jail. Rees says the hardest to help are the ones who deny they need it.

Where are the parents while all this is going on? I can only think that the majority of them have given up. Perhaps they feel they’ve done everything they can and are relying on the courts to handle the problem.

Sometimes the best thing parents can do when their kid has an alcohol or drug addiction problem is to contact an interventionist. Someone who will talk to their son or daughter, and convince them to get the help they need. Believe me, if they do wind up in prison, they’re more likely to come out of there a hardened criminal, and more prone to addiction than they were when they went in.

If you need addiction help for your kid and can’t convince them to get it, contact an interventionist as soon as possible. Many are former drug addicts themselves, they know what your kid is going through and can get them the addiction help services they need.