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How Do I keep My Teenaged Daughter Away From the Drug Scene?

  • Posted on September 21, 2010 at 1:21 pm

My 15 year old daughter got into drugs at school, and had a near fatal overdose 7 months ago. She will be leaving her rehab center in a matter of weeks and I am scared to death she will fall back in with the same crowd. I can’t afford to move away, and private school is also not an option, because of the costs. Do I lock her in her room? Do I follow her around everywhere? She is clean and sober and cries to me to help her stay that way, but I was totally blindsided by her drug use once and I dont want to go through that again. Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks! Also, if it makes any difference, her drug of choice was cocaine.

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My young adult novel–help with a scene where alcoholic mother is being verbally abusive to her daughter?

  • Posted on September 12, 2010 at 2:20 am

Okay, so I really need to get past this writers block. I have had it for a week now and it is because I can’t get past this scene. It is the only scene in the whole book involving parents, and I have my character come home and her mother is drunk and fighting with her step-dad, so she gets caught up in the middle of it all and her mom turns around and starts saying rude things to her. I have tried writing this scene over and over and over and OVER again but I keep pressing backspace and drawing a blank. I have never been in a situation like this so I don’t know how to make it sound realistic. Any advice or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! :)

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