11 warning signs our teen may have teen drug abuse problem or Teen alcohol addiction

1. The Warning Signs of Teen Drug
Abuse

2. 1. Teens becomes secretive or disinterested in
communicating with parents?
If you ask them how their day was they often reply with one word
answers. Teen’s may not want you to even know where they have been

3. 2. Teen is never home
Teen substance abuse users start hanging out more outside of the
home. Your teen, who was once a fixture in the household is never
home anymore. He or she always has something to do outside of the
house and they provide little detail about where they are going.

4. 3. Teen does less with the family
The days of having your teen attend any of your popular family outings
like camping trips, short vacations, picnics or reunions are now a distant
memory.

5. 4. Teen is aloof
If they do spend time with the family, there’s a kind of a strangeness to
them. They become distant and less interested in other members of the
family.

6. 5. Unclean Bedrooms
Their rooms aren’t being kept up anymore. A once tidy room is now a
pig-stye. Clothes are strewn all over the floor, beds are no longer made
on a regular basis or perhaps not at all.

7. 6. Not interested in maintaining their appearance
They’re not as meticulous about the way they look. Their clothes are
disheveled and dirty. They shower less often and little things like their
cuticles are not maintained.

8. 7. Use products like Visine to take the red out of
their eyes associated with marijuana use
They use eye drops like Visine to take the red out of their eyes. If you
find a bottle of eye drops in your teens clothes while doing the laundry,
you have real cause for concern. Healthy teens don’t often need eye
strain medication.

9. 8. Finding Drug Paraphernalia in teen’s bed-room
You find drug paraphernalia in their room. Items in the form of rolling
papers, pipes, a bong, roach clips are common-place when your child is
using drugs. They are not holding these things for friends. Teens often
hide drug paraphernalia in their room.

10. 9. Poor and/or dropping grades
A sudden drop in academic performance. If your teen’s grades have
begun to slip, there is a chance it is related to drug use. Research has
shown much about its negative effects on attention, memory, learning,
and motivation.

11. 10. New friends
Change in friends. When long-time friends of your teen, those who
share the same values such as family and school, are seen less
frequently and new ones, who look like trouble finds them easily, come
into the picture, this may be a tell tale sign.

12. 11. Apathy
Children who lose their thirst for life and appear stuck in a rut may have
underlying issues such as drug problems.