Creating Awareness about Drugs and Alcohol among Children Evanston IL

Children’s trust in parents can go way up on the scale when they actually researched the topic of drugs with their parents. Many successful parents decide that one of the best ways to avoid their children being drawn into drugs, is to educate them, and learn together, rather than simply condemning the topic out of hand.

PEER Services Inc
(847) 492-1778
906 Davis Street
Evanston, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Chinese, Spanish

Data Provided by:
Alon Treatment Center
(847) 679-4026
9150 North Crawford Avenue
Skokie, IL
Hotline
(847) 679-4026
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

Data Provided by:
Behavior Services Center
(847) 673-8577
8707 Skokie Boulevard
Skokie, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Women, DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Spanish

Data Provided by:
GW and Associates
(773) 338-9999
6924 North Glenwood Avenue
Chicago, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
Spanish

Data Provided by:
Bilingual DUI Counseling and
(773) 725-8140
4001 West Devon Avenue
Chicago, IL
Hotline
(773) 725-8140
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Polish, Spanish

Data Provided by:
Bobby Buonauro Clinic Inc
(847) 869-1808
1029 West Howard Street
Evanston, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, Gays and Lesbians, Seniors/older adults, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders

Data Provided by:
A Safe Haven
(773) 381-4742
2049 West Jarvis Street
Chicago, IL
Hotline
(312) 372-3820
Services Provided
Halfway house

Data Provided by:
Lifeline Counseling Center Inc
(847) 626-5001
4948 Dempster Street
Skokie, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
Polish, Russian

Data Provided by:
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
(773) 338-5105
1640 West Morse Avenue
Chicago, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Men
Language Services
Spanish

Data Provided by:
Trilogy Inc
(773) 508-6100
1400 West Greenleaf Avenue
Chicago, IL
Hotline
(800) 322-8400
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
Language Services
Spanish

Data Provided by:
Data Provided by:

Creating Awareness about Drugs and Alcohol among Children

Children require a lot of power to stand firm under peer demands and media control. The most helpful weapon when it comes to alcohol and drugs for your children is facts and knowledge, instead of shock strategy and pressure from their parents. Children’s trust in parents can go way up on the scale when they actually researched the topic of drugs with their parents. Many successful parents decide that one of the best ways to avoid their children being drawn into drugs, is to educate them, and learn together, rather than simply condemning the topic out of hand. Children usually believe things that they figure out for themselves, rather than things that they have head from their parents secondhand. Also, as most parents know, teenagers want to do the exact things that their parents say is “bad for them”. So, taking the time to research together with your children will encourage them to absorb what they are learning about, rather than simply giving out parental warnings and threats that they can shrug off.It’s not uncommon that the more those parents say “don’t do it”, then the more their kids want to. Many of the children who do use alcohol and drugs, in fact had very strict parents who would not even speak of such habits in the household. And thus these are the children seem to fall prey to a taboo effect. The psychology of taboo means that children often try something simply because they are not supposed to. Don’t add the mysti...

Click here to read the rest of this article from Sober Recovery


Featured Facilities