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The
Parents
Toll-Free
Helpline.
Supporting Familes
One Call at a Time
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“This is Jerry. I’m here to help.”
“I’m calling about my 19-year-old son who has been using drugs and dropped out of college. At 15, he was prescribed some prescription medicines for attention deficit disorder, but he stopped taking them due to the side effects.
I suspect that he’s selling drugs and he’s admitted to driving drunk and under the influence of drugs.”
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“We’ve thrown him out many times, but he comes back and harasses us until we let him back in our home... I’m really worried as he’s been increasingly violent toward our family and we don’t know how to handle it.
How can we deal with this?”
“I am sorry for what you are going through.
I want to talk to you about developing a safety plan. But first tell me about what is currently going on with your son’s drug abuse, so that I can help you steer him toward the treatment he needs to recover.”
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Since our bilingual Parents Toll-Free Helpline launched in 2011, we’ve helped families just like this one. Every day our helpline staff is here to let parents know they are not alone, helping them form a plan to address their child’s substance abuse, with referrals to local treatment centers and advice on how to talk with and support their son or daughter.
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"By listening to our callers describe the challenges, setbacks and emotional turmoil that come with a child’s abuse or addiction, we help parents outline a course of effective action –
whether it's prevention, intervention, seeking treatment or supporting recovery – grounded in the science-based resources we have built at drugfree.org."
Staffed by experts like Jerry, clinically trained parent specialists with professional experience in substance abuse prevention and treatment, we are dedicated to helping parents and families who want to reach out and talk to someone.
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The
Parents
Toll-Free
Helpline.
1-855-DRUGFREE
1-855-378-4373
