Troubled Teens Resources

If Alice Cooper, “a founder of the shock rock genre, and infamous for his gory stage shows”, extends his youth outreach to developing schools for troubled teens, those would likely be some very interesting schools. At present however, Mr. Cooper is in the process of building a Youth Center in Phoenix that just might prove to be a Pied Piper for the teens at risk in Phoenix.

“The center will aim to get teens in Phoenix off the streets.
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The center will also attempt to make the youths interested in a music career as an alternative to crime, and will feature a recording studio and sound room, a concert hall, and a coffee house with a stage for performers. Cooper spoke of his confidence in the scheme’s potential, saying “If you get a kid that’s just as addicted to that guitar as he would be addicted to selling crack, it will change his life right then and there. I’m sure of that.”

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Cooper, now a Christian, is dead right.. Addicts who have beat their “jones” often describe replacing a bad addiction with a positive one. One friend transitioned out of drugs when she realized dancing made her higher than drugs. She now teaches dance and gymnastics. You don’t destroy what you love, at least not usually. For a teen to discover that he has music inside of him is a priceless gift, and it will “change his life right then and there”.