41. Wilderness and Sobriety Anniversaries - A Time to Contemplate or Celebrate?

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment

If your teen is coming up to their sobriety anniversary, or even their anniversary of going to or coming home from wilderness, you might feel the need to celebrate. But should we indeed celebrate during those anniversaries or does your teen need something else instead?

With his own 5-year sobriety anniversary coming up, Seth shared his perspective with me: his sobriety anniversary doesn’t feel like a time for celebration at all. Tune in to hear why!

In this episode on sobriety and wilderness anniversaries, we discuss:

• Why your teen might not feel like celebrating their sobriety or treatment anniversary;
• The thoughts and feelings that come up for Seth around his sobriety anniversary;
• Putting expectations on your teen that they might not want to have in their life;
• Different ways people are motivated and how Seth used this to his advantage to stay sober for 5 years and counting;
• And much more!

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And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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