Don't:
• Accept the guilt for your teen's problem
• Rescue your son or daughter from the consequences of their actions
• Blame, argue, or recall past mistakes
• Solve your teen's problems for them
• Accept their promises
• Believe everything they tell you
• Be anxious or impatient

Additionally, learn how to love your son or daughter while letting go of what you cannot control.

Accept that you cannot control your teen's future choices, but that there is much you can do to avoid standing in the way of his or her recovery.

Your role as a helper is not to do things for your son or daughter such as waking them up so they would not be late for work, or paying bills for them, but to allow them to experience their own consequences.

Let go of the past, and try not to worry about the future. Worrying will use up all your energy and leave you unable to focus on "today".

Signs leading to relapse:
• Exhaustion
• Dishonesty
• Impatience
• Arguing
• Frustration
• Self-pity
• Cockiness
• Complacency
• Being bored

Daily inventory and dealing with their problems as well as therapy are mandatory to remain sober. Your teen needs to accept that he or she has a problem and that they have to do some things that are routine for a clean and sober life.

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