My Child & ADDICTION

In this hour-long Parent Support Group meeting, the parents discuss how they have dealt with the issue of having their addicted children return home: after treatment; for holidays; when not in recovery; or just to visit. The group includes mothers and fathers, some in recovery themselves, married and not, with teenage to adult children. The parents are joined by Todd Whitmer, New York Regional Vice President at Caron Treatment Centers.

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The Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts on this Site are provided as a service to you from other parents and do not represent professional clinical advice. The views and opinions expressed in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts are not necessarily those of Caron or its affiliates.

Nothing contained in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts is intended to be instructional for clinical diagnosis or treatment. The information should not be considered complete, nor should it be relied on to suggest a course of treatment for a particular individual. It should not be used in place of a visit, call, consultation or the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider. You should never disregard clinical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard or read in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts.

Caron and its affiliates are neither responsible nor liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages arising out of or relating in any way to the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein or any hyperlinked web site. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein, and/or hyperlinked web sites is to stop using the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts or hyperlinked web sites.

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Caron Treatment Centers’ Todd Whitmer answers questions about the role of parents in the treatment process, what makes addiction a family disease and the additional challenges for addicts and their families at holiday times.

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The Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts on this Site are provided as a service to you from other parents and do not represent professional clinical advice. The views and opinions expressed in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts are not necessarily those of Caron or its affiliates.

Nothing contained in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts is intended to be instructional for clinical diagnosis or treatment. The information should not be considered complete, nor should it be relied on to suggest a course of treatment for a particular individual. It should not be used in place of a visit, call, consultation or the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider. You should never disregard clinical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard or read in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts.

Caron and its affiliates are neither responsible nor liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages arising out of or relating in any way to the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein or any hyperlinked web site. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein, and/or hyperlinked web sites is to stop using the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts or hyperlinked web sites.

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In this hour-long Parent Support Group meeting, the parents discuss how they have dealt with their children’s relapses and their own relapse into enabling behaviors. Our group includes mothers and fathers, some in recovery themselves, married and not, with teenage to adult children. They are joined by Eric Webber, Clinical Director of the Men’s Relapse Unit at Caron Treatment Centers.

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The Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts on this Site are provided as a service to you from other parents and do not represent professional clinical advice. The views and opinions expressed in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts are not necessarily those of Caron or its affiliates.

Nothing contained in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts is intended to be instructional for clinical diagnosis or treatment. The information should not be considered complete, nor should it be relied on to suggest a course of treatment for a particular individual. It should not be used in place of a visit, call, consultation or the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider. You should never disregard clinical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard or read in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts.

Caron and its affiliates are neither responsible nor liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages arising out of or relating in any way to the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein or any hyperlinked web site. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein, and/or hyperlinked web sites is to stop using the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts or hyperlinked web sites.

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Caron Treatment Centers’ Eric Webber answers questions from parents about relapses, including: What causes relapses? Can they be prevented? Are they necessarily part of recovery? How do parents stop from falling back into previous behaviors? 

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The Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts on this Site are provided as a service to you from other parents and do not represent professional clinical advice. The views and opinions expressed in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts are not necessarily those of Caron or its affiliates.

Nothing contained in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts is intended to be instructional for clinical diagnosis or treatment. The information should not be considered complete, nor should it be relied on to suggest a course of treatment for a particular individual. It should not be used in place of a visit, call, consultation or the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider. You should never disregard clinical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard or read in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts.

Caron and its affiliates are neither responsible nor liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages arising out of or relating in any way to the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein or any hyperlinked web site. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein, and/or hyperlinked web sites is to stop using the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts or hyperlinked web sites.

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Caron Treatment Centers’ Christopher O’Reilly answers questions from parents, including: Is it helpful to demand that a child attend AA meetings? What is effective early intervention? How best do families move forward in recovery?

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The Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts on this Site are provided as a service to you from other parents and do not represent professional clinical advice. The views and opinions expressed in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts are not necessarily those of Caron or its affiliates.

Nothing contained in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts is intended to be instructional for clinical diagnosis or treatment. The information should not be considered complete, nor should it be relied on to suggest a course of treatment for a particular individual. It should not be used in place of a visit, call, consultation or the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider. You should never disregard clinical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard or read in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts.

Caron and its affiliates are neither responsible nor liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages arising out of or relating in any way to the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein or any hyperlinked web site. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein, and/or hyperlinked web sites is to stop using the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts or hyperlinked web sites.

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In this hour-long Parent Support Group meeting, the parents discuss how they have come to understand that addiction impacts everyone in the family, far beyond just their addicted child. Our group includes mothers and fathers, some in recovery themselves, married and not, with teenage to adult children. They are joined by Caron Treatment Centers’ Christopher O’Reilly, Executive Director of Teen Services & the Breakthrough program.

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The Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts on this Site are provided as a service to you from other parents and do not represent professional clinical advice. The views and opinions expressed in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts are not necessarily those of Caron or its affiliates.

Nothing contained in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts is intended to be instructional for clinical diagnosis or treatment. The information should not be considered complete, nor should it be relied on to suggest a course of treatment for a particular individual. It should not be used in place of a visit, call, consultation or the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider. You should never disregard clinical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard or read in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts.

Caron and its affiliates are neither responsible nor liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages arising out of or relating in any way to the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein or any hyperlinked web site. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein, and/or hyperlinked web sites is to stop using the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts or hyperlinked web sites.

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Caron Treatment Centers’ Family Counselor Sarah Martinez answers questions from parents, clarifying the concepts of “tough love,” boundary setting, enabling and healthy parenting.

In this hour-long Parent Support Group meeting, the parents discuss how they have learned to change the ways they parent their addicted child. Our group includes mothers and fathers, some in recovery themselves, married and not, with teenage to adult children. They are joined by Caron Treatment Centers’ Family Counselor Sarah Martinez.

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The Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts on this Site are provided as a service to you from other parents and do not represent professional clinical advice. The views and opinions expressed in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts are not necessarily those of Caron or its affiliates.

Nothing contained in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts is intended to be instructional for clinical diagnosis or treatment. The information should not be considered complete, nor should it be relied on to suggest a course of treatment for a particular individual. It should not be used in place of a visit, call, consultation or the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider. You should never disregard clinical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard or read in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts.

Caron and its affiliates are neither responsible nor liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages arising out of or relating in any way to the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein or any hyperlinked web site. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein, and/or hyperlinked web sites is to stop using the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts or hyperlinked web sites.

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In this hour-long Parent Support Group meeting, the parents discuss the powerful impact of their child’s addiction, the varied ways this “family disease” changes almost everything and everyone. Our group includes mothers and fathers, some in recovery themselves, married and not, with teenage to adult children. They are joined by Caron Treatment Centers Chief Clinical Officer Dave Rotenberg. 

Podcast Disclaimer

The Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts on this Site are provided as a service to you from other parents and do not represent professional clinical advice. The views and opinions expressed in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts are not necessarily those of Caron or its affiliates.

Nothing contained in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts is intended to be instructional for clinical diagnosis or treatment. The information should not be considered complete, nor should it be relied on to suggest a course of treatment for a particular individual. It should not be used in place of a visit, call, consultation or the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider. You should never disregard clinical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard or read in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts.

Caron and its affiliates are neither responsible nor liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages arising out of or relating in any way to the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein or any hyperlinked web site. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein, and/or hyperlinked web sites is to stop using the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts or hyperlinked web sites.

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In this hour-long Parent Support Group meeting, the parents discuss the ways in which they are coping when they first came to know that their child was addicted to alcohol, drugs or both; learning about this disease and treatment options and the strategies to help themselves and their children. In this episode eight parents, including a young mother of two teenagers; a father of five; a married couple; the mother of an adult child, a divorced Dad in recovery himself, and a single parent mother, are joined by Caron Treatment Centers Chief Clinical Officer Dave Rotenberg.

Podcast Disclaimer

The Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts on this Site are provided as a service to you from other parents and do not represent professional clinical advice. The views and opinions expressed in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts are not necessarily those of Caron or its affiliates.

Nothing contained in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts is intended to be instructional for clinical diagnosis or treatment. The information should not be considered complete, nor should it be relied on to suggest a course of treatment for a particular individual. It should not be used in place of a visit, call, consultation or the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider. You should never disregard clinical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard or read in the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts.

Caron and its affiliates are neither responsible nor liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages arising out of or relating in any way to the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein or any hyperlinked web site. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts, content or information contained therein, and/or hyperlinked web sites is to stop using the Parent-to-Parent Radio/Podcasts or hyperlinked web sites.

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