Troubled Teens Resources

“Kellan is 17 and he is determined not to become a part of the adult prison system. He counts his blessings for being a part of the River Quest program at Youth Town. He started there the day after Christmas 2006, he said.

“I had violated my probation. I had a little drug problem,” said Kellan, who said cocaine used to be one of the drugs he used.

“I don’t look at the drugs like I used to,” he said. “Education is more important than getting high.”

Kellan said he started using drugs because, “I wanted to see what it felt like.” Now, he has dreams of going to college and studying business management.”
(source)

As often as we hear about the tragic consequences of teenage drug addiction, sometimes the teens who successfully reverse their downward spiral are overlooked.

The above quote is typical of those teens who successfully complete a drug rehabilitation program on the campuses of the many troubled teen boarding schools who specialize in working with drug addicted teens.

When searching for a troubled teen boarding school,boot or brat camp, keep in mind that there are schools and camps that are centered on a particular faith such as the Christian oriented camp featured in the article quoted above. Be sure to check with your church or synagogue to see which faith based teen rehab programs that they can recommend.

And please take heart that there are thousands of success stories about the troubled teen who finally “gets it”.