How to Spot Early Drug Abuse in Teens: Get Your Teen Back From Drug Addiction
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This book was written for parents to give them in depth look at how they can prevent their teens from drug substance abuse and why teenagers turn to drugs. Arm yourself with the knowledge to prepare for the welfare of your child to better understand drug addiction and how it can adversely affect so many lives. If your worried about your teenagers involvement in harmful drugs, alcohol, and other chemicals, this is the book you need to empower yourself in educating your teens against the war on drug abuse.
With categories on every facet of teenage related issue's, that deal with every aspect of how addiction's of every kind manifests in the brain; stages of chemical dependencies, warning signs of addiction, certain personality traits of a genetic disorder, how to set up intervention, detailed classification of drugs, signs and symptoms of drug use, and most importantly what you can do to reverse the damage created from drug substance abuse.
This book answers questions on every parents mind that deals with drug substance abuse in teens, in a natural healthy way, without resorting to prescription drugs. Some of the questions are:
How drugs “rewire” the brain
How certain personality traits are prone to addiction
How to prevent drug addiction from occurring
How to prevent relapses from occurring
How drug addiction manifests in the brain
How to prevent cravings from drug addiction
What you can do to restore an addicted personalty
How to treat teenage depression, anxieties, and mood disorders
As a Father and Holistic Health Practitioner, I have compiled years of research and study in dealing with everyday emotional issue's from stress disorders, anxieties, mood and behavioral problems, and the mental aspects of the human brain that can lead to a destructive way of life in searching for relief from our manifestations
of stress, that often lead to substance abuse.
Tony Xhudo M.S., H.N.
BiographyTony Xhudo was born in Albania May 14,1957. He spent his early childhood years in a refugee camp and immigrated to America March 2, 1962 with his family of 10. He grew up in the New York/New Jersey area during most of his teen and adult life. Which led him to join the U.S. Military in 1976 to 1982, Finishing his high school in the Armed Forces, Tony had a calling to become a Holistic Health Practitioner. He entered the "Clayton College of Natural Health", where he attained his Bachelor's and earned his Master's in 1996. He is Board Certified by the (A.A.D.P) "The American Association of Drugless Practitioners".He has studied Natural Medicine & Sports Nutrition for over 20 years, and has had a burning desire to help heal those with affliction's and disease.He has also helped and trained many career minded athletes,collegiate & professional in attaining their personal sports oriented goals, in which many today are excelling at. He is relentless in his research,and pursuit in helping those stricken with illness & disease. He has also helped many to become happy and well once again,as he feels that guess work was not an option when it came to someone's health and well-being in seeking relief from their affliction.Tony has given private lectures to schools,health oriented establishments and consultations to many on a public and private level. He wants nothing more than to share his knowledge through book writing and help as many as he can. He feels that is why "God" put him on this earth to do! You will enjoy reading several of his books that are out in print, on many health related issues, sports nutrition, disease manifestation, anti-aging, and bodybuilding.As he speaks from the heart,He is passionate in his beliefs about heath & general well-being,and has helped many people lecturing on natural medicine, where modern Allopathic Medicine did not.His passion is to educate and inform many of those that have been ill and unhappy with their current health status.In the health society today, it is often said that the people who truly care about the health of others "make for the best practitioners".
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How to Spot Early Drug Abuse in Teens - Tony Xhudo M.S., H.N.
HOW TO SPOT EARLY DRUG ABUSE IN TEENS:
GET YOUR TEEN BACK FROM DRUG ADDICTION
By Tony Xhudo M.S., H.N.
HOW TO SPOT EARLY DRUG ABUSE IN TEENS:
GET YOUR TEEN BACK FROM DRUG ADDICTION
By Tony Xhudo M.S., H.N.
Board Certified by the A.A.D.P.
Published by Dawn Xhudo
Copyright 2012 Dawn Xhudo
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DISCLAIMER: This information was gathered from sources including textbooks, and reports. Neither the author nor publisher assumes any liability for the information presented in this text. This book is not intended to provide medical advice. The purpose of this reference book is only to provide a compendium of information for the reader, for entertainment purposes only. Readers should consult with appropriate medical authorities before using any related products and the proper legal authorities if unsure of the status of substances described herein.
DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to my wife Dawn
who has helped me raise our four children with love, peace, and understanding in a difficult and troublesome world our young children face every day.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tony Xhudo, M.S./H.N., Has studied Nutrition and Natural Healing for the past 35 years. As a Holistic Health Practitioner and Professional Trainer, his only goal in life is to seek the betterment of Health & Fitness in people that may have suffered illnesses regarding their health and well-being. His dedication and perseverance as a health enthusiast has helped many people to discover how the natural ways of healing can be effectively used in health related illnesses.
Tony wants nothing more than to educate people in natural health, and show them that there are other alternatives that can greatly affect and rid diseases of all kind. Knowledge is power and knowledge shared ensures empowerment towards a more healthy and productive life. Through his many books that he has authored on Heath & Fitness, Tony hopes to reach out to as many people as possible to express a profound understanding of creating true health and wellness, of the amazing benefits that natural health can offer.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE DRUG ABUSE IN TEENS OF AMERICA
CHAPTER TWO WHY TEENS USE DRUGS
CHAPTER THREE UNDERSTANDING DRUG USE AND ADDICTION IN TEENAGERS
CHAPTER FOUR NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND DRUG ADDICTION
CHAPTER FIVE UNDERSTANDING THE SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
CHAPTER SIX DRUG ABUSE AND GENETIC TRAITS
CHAPTER SEVEN NATURAL TREATMENT WITH AMINO ACIDS, VITAMINS, MINERALS, HERBS & CO-FACTORS FOR ADDICTIVE PERSONALITIES & DRUG SUBSTANCE ABUSE
CHAPTER EIGHT NUTRIENT DEPLETION IN DRUG SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND SUPPORTIVE GUIDE LINES
CHAPTER NINE PARENTS THE ULTIMATE ANTI-DRUG CHOICE
CHAPTER TEN DETAILED CLASSIFICATIONS OF DRUGS: SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
CHAPTER ELEVEN STAY CLEAN & SOBER: FINAL THOUGHTS
RESOURCE GUIDE
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INTRODUCTION
As a concerned parent of having raised four children, my main concern and worry was, will my kid's end up doing drugs? With the everyday growth of societies population, schools are becoming over crowded, drug abuse spreading in just about every community at an alarming rate, that's becoming an epidemic of proportion that instills fear and worry in every parent in America.
Young children today are growing up in a very challenging world of drugs and corruption. There senses of normality are being replaced by substance abuse of all kinds that often lead to a destructive nature. My aim in this book and as a concerned Father and Health Practitioner, is to empower you the parent with the knowledge that covers substance abuse of how and why it leads to addiction. With the scope of this book, you will better understand how drugs and alcohol can affect your child's development in their growing years to adulthood. There are overviews