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Scenario

When family addiction history triggers extreme anxiety about normal adolescent experimentation

My husband and I both come from families with addiction and we don't drink at all but our teenage son is starting to experiment and we're both spiraling with panic.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parents' traumatic experiences with addiction create disproportionate fear responses to their teenager's developmentally normal risk-taking behavior.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Trauma-informed parenting?”

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